From: Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevillook@yahoo.fr>
To: Bastien <bzg@altern.org>
Cc: Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: return of replace-match
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:11:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bnxkyk6x.fsf@yahoo.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878usphuqr.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (Bastien's message of "Wed, 05 Mar 2014 10:15:08 +0100")
Bastien <bzg@altern.org> writes:
> Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> writes:
>> It looks correct to me. When the docstring tells nothing about the
>> returning value, it may be anything and you shouldn't rely on it.
>
> IIUC, the problem here is that the docstring says it will return `t'
> and return `nil' instead.
s/docstring/info manual/
See (info "(elisp) Replacing Match")
> I guess that's just a documentation bug.
Agreed. "return Qnil" has been in the code forever as far as I can see
(which is what C-x v g can see).
--
Nico.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-03-05 11:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-03-04 14:42 return of replace-match Phillip Lord
2014-03-04 15:16 ` Michael Heerdegen
2014-03-04 15:33 ` Phillip Lord
2014-03-05 7:29 ` Alex Kost
2014-03-05 9:15 ` Bastien
2014-03-05 10:58 ` Phillip Lord
2014-03-05 11:11 ` Nicolas Richard [this message]
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