Re: [External] : Exiting from mapc

[Joel Reicher <joel.reicher@gmail.com>]

Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> writes:

> * Joel Reicher <joel.reicher@gmail.com> [2025-01-02 03:33]:
>> Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 
>> <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>>> How can one get  the result of the throw?  With a let?
>>
>> Why are you asking on this list when it should be possible to 
>> get this information from (info "(elisp) Catch and Throw")?
>
> Sometimes it is helpful to provide info, and too often people 
> have misunderstanding and need explanation. Emacs is full of 
> terms, concepts, definitions which cause misunderstandings. If 
> that would not be so, I would be very happy, though it is.
>
> You must know that there are different types of readers, 
> different audience. Emacs Lisp manual is written in technical 
> manner, it wasn't written in manner of a tutorial.

If the problem is in understanding the manual, then my very strong 
opinion is that the question should be asked in terms of the 
manual.

This does three things:

1) Demonstrates good faith on the part of the enquirer that they 
have attempted to read the manual
2) Helps phrase the question in common terms with a minimum of 
unstated assumptions
3) Potentially leads to improvements in the manual

Regards,

        - Joel