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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Subject: set-text-properties, remove-set-properties, add-text-properties: 1) doc string 2) return value
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 13:59:36 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <MEEKKIABFKKDFJMPIOEBIECNCOAA.drew.adams@oracle.com> (raw)

1. The set-text-properties doc string should say what the function returns.

2. Wouldn't it be more useful for set-text-properties,
remove-set-properties, and add-text-properties to return the modified OBJECT
(or nil if no modification occurred)? In case OBJECT is a buffer (or nil),
the modified buffer substring could be returned.

Perhaps it's too late to make the change in #2, if existing code depends on
the current value - but maybe not:

 - In the case of set-text-properties, that value is not even documented.

 - In the case of remove-set-properties and add-text-properties, perhaps
existing code only tests whether the returned value is null (instead of
testing equality with t).

             reply	other threads:[~2005-12-28 21:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-12-28 21:59 Drew Adams [this message]
2005-12-29  3:18 ` set-text-properties, remove-set-properties, add-text-properties: 1) doc string 2) return value Stefan Monnier
2005-12-29  4:15   ` Drew Adams
2005-12-30  2:18     ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-30  3:47       ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-30  3:57       ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-30 11:24         ` David Kastrup
2005-12-29 11:10   ` Kim F. Storm
2005-12-29 16:03     ` Drew Adams
2005-12-29 19:41       ` Kevin Rodgers
2005-12-30  0:57         ` Juri Linkov
2006-02-18 19:37           ` Drew Adams
2006-02-19 15:14             ` Stefan Monnier
2005-12-29 22:41       ` Kim F. Storm

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