From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Roehler Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: return values Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:33:39 +0100 Message-ID: <4AF94183.5020400@online.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1257845640 19762 80.91.229.12 (10 Nov 2009 09:34:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:34:00 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 10 10:33:53 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1N7n6l-0004bp-Iw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:33:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36659 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N7n6k-0002Ke-SK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:33:50 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N7n6e-0002Js-QZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:33:44 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N7n6a-0002I5-Eo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:33:44 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46241 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N7n6a-0002Hz-Bu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:33:40 -0500 Original-Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.186]:57372) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N7n6Z-0005SU-PW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:33:40 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.168.178.27] (p54BEB71D.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [84.190.183.29]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mreu0) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MQA9X-1N3e6N45jv-0053oy; Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:33:37 +0100 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20081227) X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX183/oTAFdiMpOgJXRxntYWpsHec2RyXKxyM7N+ mpGyNKiDMSkJVvZxkXKVcfwjsuAZajaX0+BGaPJsx0jjZ5ExCQ 9lnKA/xon2v3v9VtFi0rVZBMKzX0WgCG6PMlwdZ27w= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:116793 Archived-At: Hi, IMHO it might be helpful, if classes of functions have a regular return value. For example functions which move point should return point. `goto-char' does it presently, beginning/end-of-defun not. Also I suggest mentioning the return value in docstring. Thanks all Andreas -- https://code.launchpad.net/s-x-emacs-werkstatt/ http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~a-roehler/python-mode/python-mode.el/