From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 19114@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19114: 25.0.50; doc string of `eval-expression-print-format' is inappropriate
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 17:39:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871t5nnm0q.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pot7nn86.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sat, 30 Apr 2016 17:13:45 +0200")
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> (defun eval-expression-print-format (value)
> "Format VALUE as a result of evaluated expression.
> Return a formatted string which is displayed in the echo area
> in addition to the value printed by prin1 in functions which
> display the result of expression evaluation."
>
> I don't know quite what they're trying to express here...
Oh, I understood while rewriting. :-) It means that this function is
used by functions like `prin1' which typically display something in the
echo area.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-04-30 15:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-11-20 2:50 bug#19114: 25.0.50; doc string of `eval-expression-print-format' is inappropriate Drew Adams
2016-04-30 15:13 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-04-30 15:27 ` Michael Heerdegen
2016-04-30 15:33 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-05-08 22:50 ` Michael Heerdegen
2016-04-30 15:39 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2016-04-30 15:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-04-30 15:47 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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