From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 8452@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8452: 24.0.50; doc of `pp' and related functions
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2011 17:48:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3sjqolm41.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AFF18DFA02154BF79F101781407AAB1C@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sat, 2 Jul 2011 08:09:44 -0700")
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> 1. Users should not need to dive into the `pp' source code to discover
> its behavior. The doc string should describe that. And its behavior
> is designed to change with these vars. Those behavior differences
> need to be pointed out.
Not even `princ' describes what is does with the myriad `print-*'
variables. I think the assumption is that someone who uses the Lisp
printer are aware that these things exist, and repeating it in all the
print-related function is unnecessary.
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2011-04-08 17:30 bug#8452: 24.0.50; doc of `pp' and related functions Drew Adams
2011-07-02 13:08 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-02 15:09 ` Drew Adams
2011-07-02 15:48 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
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