From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Robert Weiner <rsw@gnu.org>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>,
rswgnu@gmail.com, 44365@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44365: 27.1; intern-soft given a symbol never returns nil
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2020 15:20:34 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zh41yx8t.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+OMD9go2+nFe=DfrNDKwEm9SRY46od8d-rj9C7YBwWjp3vpLQ@mail.gmail.com> (Robert Weiner's message of "Sun, 1 Nov 2020 08:55:57 -0500")
On Nov 01 2020, Robert Weiner wrote:
> "Return the canonical symbol named NAME, or nil if none exists.
> NAME may be a string or a symbol. If it is a symbol, that exact
> symbol is searched for."
>
> So, the doc string must need changing if your view is correct.
There is no bug here. Since the symbol already exists in the obarry, it
is returned. If you pass it a symbol that doesn't exist in the obarray,
the function returns nil.
Andreas.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-01 14:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-01 5:04 bug#44365: 27.1; intern-soft given a symbol never returns nil Robert Weiner
2020-11-01 13:19 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-11-01 13:55 ` Robert Weiner
2020-11-01 14:09 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-11-01 14:27 ` Philipp Stephani
2020-11-01 14:31 ` Philipp Stephani
2020-11-01 14:20 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
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