From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#13177: 24.3.50; doc of `read-char-by-name' Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:20:13 -0500 Message-ID: References: <4AF22BD1F38E4AF2A650D1F537B47069@us.oracle.com> <8762431shy.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <9D74DAC118B44C3DAF75A8CFC6AE7FB3@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1355613661 22502 80.91.229.3 (15 Dec 2012 23:21:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 23:21:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 13177@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 16 00:21:15 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Tk12g-0001mU-Un for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 00:21:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53434 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tk12T-0000hx-R1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:21:01 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:41085) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tk12P-0000hR-Qq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:20:59 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tk12O-0001Ce-UG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:20:57 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:34211) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tk12O-0001Ca-R7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:20:56 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tk13S-0002da-82 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:22:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 23:22:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13177 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 13177-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13177.135561368310089 (code B ref 13177); Sat, 15 Dec 2012 23:22:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13177) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Dec 2012 23:21:23 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44462 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tk12o-0002cf-Va for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:21:23 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:19846) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tk12n-0002cY-0y for 13177@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:21:21 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ai0FAG6Zu09MCoyD/2dsb2JhbABEsEiDSYEIghUBAQQBViMFCws0EhQYDSSIHAW6CZBEA4hCmnGBWIMH X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.75,637,1330923600"; d="scan'208";a="210001722" Original-Received: from 76-10-140-131.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([76.10.140.131]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 15 Dec 2012 18:20:14 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id BC1F84E038; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:20:13 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <9D74DAC118B44C3DAF75A8CFC6AE7FB3@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:08:08 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:68591 Archived-At: > The problem for me is that I don't know what the intention (design) > was or why. Maybe someone has a good reason to return nil or to > return a number that does not correspond to a recognized code point? It's called "read-char-by-name", so the intention is pretty clear: it should return a char. Stefan