From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: "Mattias Engdegård" <mattias.engdegard@gmail.com>
Cc: philipk@posteo.net, 69387@debbugs.gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: bug#69387: 30.0.50; A string shouldn't be both a docstring and a return value
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2024 17:38:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86r0golmdg.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <74101BB1-B82C-4F6C-8AB1-47A131BC90E6@gmail.com> (message from Mattias Engdegård on Tue, 5 Mar 2024 14:16:50 +0100)
> From: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 14:16:50 +0100
> Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca,
> 69387@debbugs.gnu.org,
> philipk@posteo.net
>
> +** Returned strings are never docstrings
> +Functions and macros whose body consists of a single string literal now
> +only return that string; it is not used as a docstring.
> +Previously, that string was used as both a docstring and return value,
> +which was never what the programmer wanted. This change applies to
> +'defun', 'defsubst', 'defmacro' and 'lambda' forms.
> +If you want the string to be a docstring, add an explicit return value.
> +
> +See related warning below.
Thanks, but please always remember to end the heading lines in NEWS
with a period.
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Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-02-25 16:29 bug#69387: 30.0.50; A string shouldn't be both a docstring and a return value Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-02-25 17:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-02-25 18:23 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-02-25 17:33 ` Eshel Yaron via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-02-26 14:47 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-02-26 17:15 ` Mattias Engdegård
2024-02-26 17:44 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-02-26 18:04 ` Mattias Engdegård
2024-02-26 18:17 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-02-26 19:06 ` Mattias Engdegård
2024-03-04 14:28 ` Mattias Engdegård
2024-03-04 14:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-03-05 13:16 ` Mattias Engdegård
2024-03-05 15:38 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-03-06 11:44 ` Mattias Engdegård
2024-03-07 14:06 ` Mattias Engdegård
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