From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
To: MON KEY <monkey@sandpframing.com>
Cc: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>,
schwab@linux-m68k.org, 6576@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6576: documentation `string-to-char' is incorrect
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:38:38 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ei1jtr69.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACU6nW3Gya4T3zUHgDxcGs-xzn-dS6rQnJjqcbvdgyRaOr=tzw@mail.gmail.com> (MON KEY's message of "Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:06:34 -0400")
MON KEY <monkey@sandpframing.com> writes:
>> I think these functions should say that they return a character, and
>> if that's not sufficient, they should refer you to the manual to
>> explain what Emacs means by a character.
>
> If it doesn't do what it says or then a pointer into the manual won't
> help clarify the underlying issue and only glosses over it.
I removed the explanation of what a character is; there's no need to do
that here, or in all the other character-related functions like
char-after.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-21 18:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-07-06 21:34 bug#6576: documentation `string-to-char' is incorrect MON KEY
2010-07-07 7:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-07-07 8:40 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-07-07 10:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-07-07 12:16 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-07-07 14:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-07-07 15:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-07-13 23:50 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-14 2:13 ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-14 13:02 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-14 3:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-07-14 13:00 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-14 13:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-07-14 14:06 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-14 15:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-07-14 16:12 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-14 19:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-07-14 19:39 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-15 19:06 ` MON KEY
2011-07-21 18:38 ` Chong Yidong [this message]
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