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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 15117@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15117: 24.3.50; doc of `(forward|backward)-*': state return value
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 18:45:26 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <b4d72180-c62f-418e-b282-aeee17ddcf9d@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87fvnry9lj.fsf@building.gnus.org>

> >> They don't seem to return anything useful.  Closing.
> >
> > Where do you get off saying that?  Of course it is useful to
> > use the return value of a motion function.  It saves a call to
> > `point', which can simplify the code.  (Yes, simple and beautiful
> > is in the eye of the reader.  But the point is that it is normal
> > for users to make use of the return value of a motion function
> > that is side-effect free.  Reopening.
> 
> If other developers disagree with my closing the bug, they can
> reopen.
> 
> Reclosing.

I already did disagree.  This is quite ludicrous.  Just how
do you think you are improving things by doing this?





  reply	other threads:[~2014-02-10  2:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-08-17 15:59 bug#15117: 24.3.50; doc of `(forward|backward)-*': state return value Drew Adams
2014-02-08  5:08 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2014-02-10  0:12   ` Drew Adams
2014-02-10  2:39     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2014-02-10  2:45       ` Drew Adams [this message]
2014-02-10 16:27     ` Stefan Monnier
2014-02-10 21:16       ` Drew Adams
2014-02-11  1:07         ` Dmitry Gutov
2014-02-11  6:40           ` Drew Adams
2014-02-11  1:28         ` Juanma Barranquero
2014-02-11  6:43           ` Drew Adams
2014-02-11 16:31             ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-02-11 17:29               ` Drew Adams
2014-02-11 18:05                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-02-11 18:42                 ` Andreas Röhler
2014-02-11 18:58                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-02-11 19:13                     ` Drew Adams
2014-02-11 19:26                     ` Andreas Röhler
2014-02-11 17:36             ` Juanma Barranquero
2014-02-11  2:52         ` Glenn Morris
2014-02-11  4:01         ` Stefan Monnier
2014-02-11 10:52           ` Andreas Röhler
2014-02-11 11:16             ` Nicolas Richard
2014-02-11 12:10               ` Andreas Röhler
     [not found] <<1dc76f7a-5481-41df-b976-ec22229d7283@default>
     [not found] ` <<874n4a42f0.fsf@building.gnus.org>
     [not found]   ` <<1281d0fd-77cb-45e2-b99d-f4ad24b0fc4e@default>
     [not found]     ` <<jwvr47b3pcw.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs@gnu.org>
     [not found]       ` <<2fefcbaf-9417-4f57-93af-490ea73aea98@default>
     [not found]         ` <<CAAeL0SRYdnYryaVzADc5L61vgM0EPQeBzG2h327YynitS18tXA@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]           ` <<68a64949-d801-4d09-8dc8-4b6ae0824855@default>
     [not found]             ` <<8361oltxu1.fsf@gnu.org>
     [not found]               ` <<67b917ca-8b69-49fd-9e12-68da310f7567@default>
     [not found]                 ` <<8338jpttic.fsf@gnu.org>
2014-02-11 18:14                   ` Drew Adams
2014-02-11 18:17                     ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found]                   ` <<5889df4e-4343-4136-ae49-4062659da625@default>
     [not found]                     ` <<831tz9tsy2.fsf@gnu.org>
2014-02-11 18:26                       ` Drew Adams

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