From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu>
Cc: 35164@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#35164: 25.1; `re-search-forward' docstring args
Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 09:17:48 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83ef6fbqsz.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <861s2gffd3.fsf@zoho.eu> (message from Emanuel Berg on Fri, 05 Apr 2019 20:59:04 +0200)
> From: Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu>
> Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 20:59:04 +0200
>
> The `re-search-forward' docstring does not
> mention its arguments according to the norm.
> And it makes sense, often the first thing I do
> when I bring up the help buffer for a function
> is to search for a particular argument to see
> what it does.
All the arguments are mentioned in the doc string, so I don't think I
understand this report. What "norm" are you alluding to, and how
exactly does the doc string violate it?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-04-06 6:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-04-05 18:59 bug#35164: 25.1; `re-search-forward' docstring args Emanuel Berg
2019-04-06 6:17 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2019-04-06 7:09 ` Emanuel Berg
2019-04-06 8:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-06 14:30 ` Emanuel Berg
2019-04-06 14:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-06 14:35 ` Emanuel Berg
2019-04-06 15:15 ` Alex Branham
2019-04-06 15:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
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