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: bug#8693: 24.0.50; doc strings in syntax.el Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 06:55:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <819e08b3-2c1e-4602-807f-63bafabca44a@default> References: <87eg9qov6k.fsf@gnus.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1461851787 20043 80.91.229.3 (28 Apr 2016 13:56:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 13:56:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8693@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 28 15:56:12 2016 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 1avmQO-00036m-Kj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 15:56:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49325 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avmQO-0007Tz-86 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 09:56:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47689) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avmQJ-0007RD-Vm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 09:56:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avmQE-00006G-DQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 09:56:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:40829) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avmQE-00006B-9F for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 09:56:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avmQE-0006kB-3r for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 09:56:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 13:56:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8693 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: fixed Original-Received: via spool by 8693-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8693.146185172525904 (code B ref 8693); Thu, 28 Apr 2016 13:56:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8693) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Apr 2016 13:55:25 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53166 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avmPd-0006jk-6A for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 09:55:25 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:28744) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avmPb-0006fA-CZ for 8693@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 09:55:23 -0400 Original-Received: from userv0021.oracle.com (userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id u3SDtHHW013741 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 28 Apr 2016 13:55:17 GMT Original-Received: from userv0122.oracle.com (userv0122.oracle.com [156.151.31.75]) by userv0021.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u3SDtHNQ021746 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 28 Apr 2016 13:55:17 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0005.oracle.com (abhmp0005.oracle.com [141.146.116.11]) by userv0122.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id u3SDtGqH019950; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 13:55:16 GMT In-Reply-To: <87eg9qov6k.fsf@gnus.org> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6744.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:117064 Archived-At: > >> Need descriptions of what EXP and EXPs are: meanings and possible > >> values (types). >=20 > I think the natural interpretation here is that EXP is of the same type > as SYNTAX otherwise described. (And EXPS is a list of whatever that is.) There is no "natural interpretation". Such things need to be specified. If Emacs Dev knows what the meaning/behavior is then it should specify it. If it does not know then it should not expect users to guess. > >> 6. Doc string of `syntax-ppss-cache': Describe POS and PPSS. > >> 7. Doc string of `syntax-ppss-last': Describe LAST-POS and LAST-PPSS. >=20 > Seems unnecessary for these internal things. They are not internal. Programmers who use these functions deserve to know what their parameters are. This is why we have doc strings.