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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>, 18024@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18024: 24.4.50; doc of `y-or-n-p' misses the main functionality: what it returns
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:34:34 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9efb298c-a039-4b77-801a-91d3419e23ad@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <qcd2d6bej5.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org>

> what integerp returns when the argument is not an integer?!
> Or floatp when the argument is not a float?!
> The list goes on!  Somebody fix this ASAP!

Good idea, Glenn.  Those doc strings too should speak about t and
nil, rather than just t.  They should start by saying that they
test whether OBJECT is an integer etc., and end by stating what
the return values are.

TIA.





  reply	other threads:[~2014-07-15 21:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-07-15 15:23 bug#18024: 24.4.50; doc of `y-or-n-p' misses the main functionality: what it returns Drew Adams
2014-07-15 19:36 ` Glenn Morris
2014-07-15 21:34   ` Drew Adams [this message]
2016-04-29 22:03 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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