From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12760: letf doc is not very helpful Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 03:05:49 -0400 Message-ID: <4gtxtcxwvm.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1351580804 15989 80.91.229.3 (30 Oct 2012 07:06:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:06:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12760@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 30 08:06:53 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TT5uX-0004nP-0s for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 08:06:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50318 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TT5uO-0000XG-O8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 03:06:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:38170) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TT5uH-0000V2-T8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 03:06:43 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TT5uC-0003A7-5z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 03:06:37 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:56825) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TT5uC-0003A0-2A for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 03:06:32 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TT5wb-0006XF-LG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 03:09:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:09:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12760 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 12760-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12760.135158090825080 (code B ref 12760); Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:09:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12760) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Oct 2012 07:08:28 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38843 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TT5w4-0006WT-0h for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 03:08:28 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:40253) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TT5vx-0006WG-Nn for 12760@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 03:08:27 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TT5tV-0003yc-TQ; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 03:05:49 -0400 X-Spook: CIA weapons of mass destruction UOP morse ICE e-cash X-Ran: h.\O>$!h"Ci|IhNr0b(|z+\p'~v49V^}IZsuYjsspkp*|p*JQ%]6zN\j67W2"1r^`i]V!I X-Hue: white X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:52:52 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:66228 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier wrote: >> -> Like `cl-letf', but with some extra backward compatibility. >> This is so vague as to not be useful. > > The only difference (handling of funbound symbols for symbol-function) > is one I'd rather not document because it's deprecated. PS I honestly can't see why "A is different to B in some unspecified way that I'm not going to tell you lest you try and use it" is preferable to "A is essentially exactly the same as B, apart from cases C and D. Such usage is deprecated."