* bug#6787: Documentation: `kill-region' is not a primitive despite docstring assertion otherwise
@ 2010-08-03 18:43 MON KEY
2010-08-14 23:22 ` Chong Yidong
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From: MON KEY @ 2010-08-03 18:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 6787
Docstring of `kill-region' describes itself as a primitive.
With Emacs lisp's conventional context for the term "primitive" this isn't so.
,---- (documentation 'kill-region)
|
| {...}
|
| This is the primitive for programs to kill text (as opposed to deleting it).
|
| {...}
|
`----
(subrp 'kill-region)
=> nil
,---- (info "(elisp)Primitive Function Type")
|
| A "primitive function" is a function callable from Lisp but written in
| the C programming language. Primitive functions are also called
| "subrs" or "built-in functions". (The word "subr" is derived from
| "subroutine.")
|
`----
Problem is current throgh Bzr-100920
--
/s_P\
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* bug#6787: Documentation: `kill-region' is not a primitive despite docstring assertion otherwise
2010-08-03 18:43 bug#6787: Documentation: `kill-region' is not a primitive despite docstring assertion otherwise MON KEY
@ 2010-08-14 23:22 ` Chong Yidong
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Chong Yidong @ 2010-08-14 23:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: MON KEY; +Cc: 6787
> Docstring of `kill-region' describes itself as a primitive. With
> Emacs lisp's conventional context for the term "primitive" this isn't
> so.
Thanks. I've checked a fix into the emacs-23 branch.
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