From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 15116@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15116: 24.3.50; doc of `set-match-data'
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 17:40:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAeL0SRpG7yc52cC7_HveByYQk5FzfVumy=5WGesfxZmOmObYQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d1ec0edd-dd3d-407c-9a75-a1e5a495c8e4@default>
On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
> The doc for every Emacs function should say what the return value is.
Hm. I disagree. Many functions are used just by their side effects,
and forcing them to declare a return value and keep it forever
back-compatible is unreasonable, especially when the return value is
quite arbitrary. You simply shouldn't rely on them returning anything
sensible.
J
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-08-17 15:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-08-17 15:26 bug#15116: 24.3.50; doc of `set-match-data' Drew Adams
2013-08-17 15:40 ` Juanma Barranquero [this message]
2013-08-17 16:14 ` Drew Adams
2013-08-17 17:44 ` Juanma Barranquero
2013-08-17 18:37 ` Drew Adams
2013-08-18 2:06 ` Juanma Barranquero
2013-08-17 17:32 ` Glenn Morris
2013-08-17 17:42 ` Drew Adams
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