From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: doc string of print-quoted Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:54:53 -0700 Message-ID: <000e01c89e50$43c6e660$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1208193442 19597 80.91.229.12 (14 Apr 2008 17:17:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:17:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 14 19:17:56 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JlRyt-0001ku-3a for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:56:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JlRyE-00082n-Mx for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:55:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JlRyA-00082D-2k for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:55:50 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JlRy5-00080z-W4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:55:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JlRy5-00080p-Aj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:55:45 -0400 Original-Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JlRy3-0004jO-QO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:55:44 -0400 Original-Received: from agmgw2.us.oracle.com (agmgw2.us.oracle.com [152.68.180.213]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id m3EGtL4n004498; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:55:22 -0600 Original-Received: from acsmt351.oracle.com (acsmt351.oracle.com [141.146.40.151]) by agmgw2.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.0/Switch-3.2.0) with ESMTP id m3EEK1JI018250; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:55:21 -0600 Original-Received: from inet-141-146-46-1.oracle.com by acsmt350.oracle.com with ESMTP id 3648629451208192094; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:54:54 -0700 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.194) by bhmail.oracle.com (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:54:53 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcieUELYwC6s39fMQHS1j6Lkf2OWCg== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:17843 Archived-At: The doc string: "Non-nil means print quoted forms with reader syntax. I.e., (quote foo) prints as 'foo, (function foo) as #'foo, and backquoted forms print as in the new syntax." The last part, "as in the new syntax", is unclear and inappropriate. What is "the new syntax"? Doc should always document the current state of the software, and it should not use terms such as "currently" or "new" in doing so. ("As the present now will later be past, the order is rapidly fadin'. And the first one now will later be last, for the times they are a-changin'.") In GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2007-06-02 on RELEASE Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600 configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --cflags -Ic:/gnuwin32/include'