From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
To: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: About elements in `format-alist'
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:24:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878v28tlyh.fsf@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAF+z6HB5xJZWA8xvyrSsyzUCphXLqbkySWV+P1EOLKm8Tb9ZQ@mail.gmail.com> (Xue Fuqiao's message of "Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:02:21 +0800")
Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi list,
>
> In the doc string of `format-alist':
>
> Elements are of the form
> (NAME DOC-STR REGEXP FROM-FN TO-FN MODIFY MODE-FN PRESERVE).
>
> There should be 8 elements in each list. But there are only 7 elements
> in each list of the default value. Which one is absent? If there's an
> optional element, I think we should mention it in the doc string.
Looks like missing elements are just treated as if they were nil (the
code uses `nth').
Dunno if it's worth the trouble of making a bug report - since holding
the convention doesn't make problems (does it?).
Regards,
Michael.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-06-17 22:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-16 23:02 About elements in `format-alist' Xue Fuqiao
2013-06-17 22:24 ` Michael Heerdegen [this message]
2013-06-17 22:59 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-06-18 0:57 ` Stefan Monnier
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