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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: 29328@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29328: 24.5; doc string of `transpose-subr`
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 17:47:51 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83mv3khpp4.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAM-tV-_HbQiWty_zV2V72YNLrQWBvkz8tkRi2Ux0KeHpkBbetw@mail.gmail.com> (message from Noam Postavsky on Fri, 17 Nov 2017 10:23:24 -0500)

> From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 10:23:24 -0500
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, 29328@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
>    "Subroutine to do the work of transposing objects.
>  Works for lines, sentences, paragraphs, etc.  MOVER is a function that
>  moves forward by units of the given object (e.g. forward-sentence,
> -forward-paragraph).  If ARG is zero, exchanges the current object
> +forward-paragraph).  If SPECIAL is non-nil, then MOVER should
> +return the bounds of the object as a cons (BEG . END) instead.

It's the other way around: SPECIAL doesn't require MOVER to do
anything, it's an INDICATION that MOVER does something "special".

Please just drop this.  It's another bikeshedding argument.  We don't
need to document this.





  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-11-17 15:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-11-16 22:41 bug#29328: 24.5; doc string of `transpose-subr` Drew Adams
2017-11-17 13:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-17 14:25   ` Robert Pluim
2017-11-17 14:57     ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-17 15:02   ` Drew Adams
2017-11-17 15:23     ` Noam Postavsky
2017-11-17 15:36       ` Drew Adams
2017-11-17 15:47       ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2017-11-17 15:45     ` Eli Zaretskii

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