From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juanma Barranquero Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#15116: 24.3.50; doc of `set-match-data' Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 17:40:26 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1376754138 25909 80.91.229.3 (17 Aug 2013 15:42:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 15:42:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 15116@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 17 17:42:20 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VAidr-0006xk-Oy for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 17:42:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36222 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VAidr-0007Jp-En for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:42:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45518) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VAidk-0007JU-5H for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:42:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VAidf-0001Vd-2l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:42:08 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:42603) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VAide-0001VS-V0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:42:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VAide-00048L-GN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:42:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Juanma Barranquero Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 15:42:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15116 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 15116-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15116.137675407715824 (code B ref 15116); Sat, 17 Aug 2013 15:42:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 15116) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Aug 2013 15:41:17 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36919 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VAicv-00047A-DL for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:41:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ea0-f175.google.com ([209.85.215.175]:60534) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VAicq-00046s-5I for 15116@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:41:14 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-ea0-f175.google.com with SMTP id m14so1497650eaj.20 for <15116@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 08:41:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=sw2uGdbc7JN2uza2zhvo6I2fsYWSbwsrdL/FH9VZI9Y=; b=IqJhXMXyzUHVR12YeuO6TViXgv4TkzPvjRjs+jY6BkLQDLjfF50GMQsCsSyG6UGK9f w3j4NV7TRhRAVCPfYQad45igXBuN2TV/enJe8nwjAJ4vtla/hZqvmnVSnqR5svDwftao DKDFaf9NOyZCVRwv03x85mNcb5Jhh0wsX1/sGW4JZyhcn45PmPKywyViFo1DQU1uGApu d+F61rKbXQ3b3yKu1h/Sb0EBH/hoMu01AUb4hp5LELvdjN3AkKZJ29ZbH+xSiYJOqMCo V2A/BDQKa1cZfiVvlNzYMB3OdfD/ECnHAhpLzzwdiIu3IIT/WjtS3BPTpturOTqKIBVm KUFw== X-Received: by 10.14.174.195 with SMTP id x43mr4650883eel.47.1376754066382; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 08:41:06 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.14.133.15 with HTTP; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 08:40:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:77462 Archived-At: On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Drew Adams 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