From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: "Mattias Engdegård" <mattias.engdegard@gmail.com>
Cc: 72888@debbugs.gnu.org, maedaqu@gmail.com
Subject: bug#72888: Confusing descriptive text
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 19:07:34 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86a5gsbrqx.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5EEA70A7-D55B-4D87-86E1-B9C45EE994C9@gmail.com> (message from Mattias Engdegård on Sat, 31 Aug 2024 16:37:56 +0200)
> From: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 16:37:56 +0200
> Cc: maedaqu@gmail.com,
> 72888@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> 31 aug. 2024 kl. 14.58 skrev Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>:
>
> > Doesn't that lose useful information? It only tells what is compared
> > recursively, but doesn't tell about comparing strings or integers or
> > bool-vectors by themselves, which is IMO important.
>
> That's a fair point. What about something like:
>
> The @code{equal} function compares numbers, strings and bool-vectors by
> value. Lists, cons cells, vectors, records, markers, char-tables,
> font objects, and function objects (closures)@footnote{However, equality
> of distinct function objects cannot be guaranteed in general.} are
> compared recursively by using @code{equal} on their constituent parts.
SGTM, thanks.
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-08-30 6:58 bug#72888: Confusing descriptive text 麻枝忠
2024-08-30 10:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-31 12:37 ` Mattias Engdegård
2024-08-31 12:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-31 14:37 ` Mattias Engdegård
2024-08-31 16:07 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-08-31 16:47 ` Mattias Engdegård
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