Optional third argument - name not mentioned in docstring

Optional third argument - name not mentioned in docstring

[Lennart Borgman]

In the doc strings for `search-forward' and `search-backward' the 
argument names "bound" etc are not mentioned. Instead the doc strings 
just says:

    Optional third argument, if t, ...

Should not the names be mentioned?

Re: Optional third argument - name not mentioned in docstring

[Robert J. Chassell]

   In the doc strings for `search-forward' and `search-backward' the 
   argument names "bound" etc are not mentioned. Instead the doc strings 
   just says:

       Optional third argument, if t, ...

   Should not the names be mentioned?

No,   I just read the doc string from describe-function and it says

    An optional second argument bounds the search; it is a buffer position.

which is entirely clear.  Indeed, I find the rest of the documentation
clear, too:

    Optional third argument, if t, means if fail just return nil (no error).
      If not nil and not t, move to limit of search and return nil.
    Optional fourth argument is repeat count--search for successive occurrences.

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Re: Optional third argument - name not mentioned in docstring

[Richard M. Stallman]

    In the doc strings for `search-forward' and `search-backward' the 
    argument names "bound" etc are not mentioned. Instead the doc strings 
    just says:

	Optional third argument, if t, ...

    Should not the names be mentioned?

It is better to mention the names, but I'd rather not go on a campaign
just now to change them all.