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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).




  reply	other threads:[~2008-11-27 12:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-11-21 21:24 bug#1406: backward-up-list reports scan error incorrectly? xah lee
     [not found] ` <handler.1406.B.122730266611840.ack@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>
2008-11-21 21:39   ` bug#1406: Acknowledgement (backward-up-list reports scan error incorrectly?) xah lee
2008-11-21 23:19 ` bug#1406: backward-up-list reports scan error incorrectly? Alan Mackenzie
2008-11-21 23:26   ` xah lee
2008-11-22 12:36     ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-11-22 12:53       ` xah lee
2008-11-22 13:01         ` xah lee
2008-11-22 14:04           ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-11-27 12:19             ` Alan Mackenzie [this message]
2008-11-27 15:56               ` xah lee
2008-11-27 22:09                 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-11-27 22:49                   ` xah lee
     [not found]             ` <mailman.1345.1227787599.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-11-27 15:52               ` Xah Lee
2011-07-09 18:04             ` Glenn Morris

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