From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 7835@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7835: 24.0.50; doc string of `overlay-put' needs to mention the return value
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:00:31 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv7h7w364m.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3zkksam9e.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of "Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:29:49 +0200")
>>>> Like the Elisp manual, the doc string of `overlay-put' needs to mention
>>>> that it returns its 3rd arg.
>> Actually, the right fix would be to not document it.
> Knowing that you're able to say
> (push (overlay-put ... ... (get-some-value)) list)
> sounds useful to me.
Looks like bad style to me.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-05 19:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-12 22:45 bug#7835: 24.0.50; doc string of `overlay-put' needs to mention the return value Drew Adams
2011-07-04 15:32 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-04 18:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-07-05 13:29 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-05 19:00 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2011-07-05 19:08 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-06 4:03 ` Alp Aker
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