From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
To: xah lee <xah@xahlee.org>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1406: backward-up-list reports scan error incorrectly?
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:19:51 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081127121951.GA3137@muc.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081122140446.GC3330@muc.de>
Hi, Xah!
> > though, isn't this something easy to fix?
> No, because it isn't a bug. It's the way the function is meant to work.
> If there is a bug, it's that the doc-string (and maybe the elisp manual,
> I haven't looked) is vague and incomplete.
I've amended the Emacs manual (.../doc/emacs/programs.texi) and the doc
strings of `backward-up-list' and several similar functions
(.../lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el).
If you're interested, have a look at the changes in
<http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/emacs/?root=emacs>.
--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
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2008-11-27 15:56 ` bug#1406: backward-up-list reports scan error incorrectly? xah lee
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2008-11-27 15:52 ` Xah Lee
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