From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rocky Bernstein Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Double dashes in docstrings without surrounding space - is this something to address? Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 20:53:57 -0400 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000059ec73056d4dabad" X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1527558211 21076 195.159.176.226 (29 May 2018 01:43:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 01:43:31 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 29 03:43:27 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fNTfa-0005Pl-P6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 May 2018 03:43:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58551 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fNThh-0006bQ-ON for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 May 2018 21:45:37 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45795) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fNStk-0008E2-Av for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 May 2018 20:54:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fNStj-0000PD-FD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 May 2018 20:54:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-qt0-x229.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c0d::229]:36967) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fNStj-0000Od-AD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 May 2018 20:53:59 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-qt0-x229.google.com with SMTP id q13-v6so16742254qtp.4 for ; Mon, 28 May 2018 17:53:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=suexayxl1V7ojXPlrpYFKKFc7yaHTOuUKLZIPGLvN7c=; b=b6YJfaQ9ir30ljyR+xTHhm7eK2w6kukf9paCh7F1Ehh9dOpHdxNUdIZ0cGOq1XCLo6 H30o9VVzzt1H5Kt6J0uCjEI0SFDxhYKR2GAyULfLVce4Oe5NvwLq9KgWOuntbS2SjCvN ZD5XoLNODiHvo6zWKgMj5oiCs+Lfu5EpbNsDiFZ2Obtjx3MygtVODd5VKGd62yFm38DW TiW6nF+q+k5JokR9giXBCHbGFZ6QqQmer4Q3j6Iu2pZnK2EA75dAldqRkuvnF0LcMQsM Q4Aaadspy03vc/UDweQv9CCAcJVAyyKwl2ownHj6em6OEvbR4gGdXPfJIG8W+UJvvE/W RCTA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=suexayxl1V7ojXPlrpYFKKFc7yaHTOuUKLZIPGLvN7c=; b=JAQRHBx9Q1oWxvRHyAOtLtL5EbhtwKrrSldVn4as0KRoq06Igetp636/8ybdpyxCLq ttHs+Hzp23jIfyqxZhQGT6b5gCno8JR7FtYMHxMbNe09UHJtGuwBoITBMyY7jxN2zChm E0wv3TDjGoxSljnhd6WKiQ+7kzUJBOhYfRDfZbFvCQseYE5I9bumw1ioIhbOJzSzB0tj vfVpwV/vvH9mQWElndiXsUqCWFO7U+2g/Cx9YQqbeA0NdJNVXZJNCQqNqZiO6Z5F9Q36 OYICdRY4vVjGOVJrR2QYP5VZVKZ5m2kYUwECOuKO8txz/wXLV5UVZ2ULUmTxNBvDaj2V Z3qA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALKqPweqjOr+TdlW24wscqlQw/SPobyWYXYYpdn2yheVC8Z0auBCMG1k fm+cBueeARsJdwgiv5KM5us1d3wBeb2G2iiRYwOvOXcp X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADUXVKJAUc3uwntfyqlTgIjLLiYdS6ybELI16st/ubO8BXZKDFPH6odvDp+xVyDA/83dUY08rP6gkTv68DuTKW4rNT4= X-Received: by 2002:a0c:b4a2:: with SMTP id c34-v6mr14136040qve.70.1527555238258; Mon, 28 May 2018 17:53:58 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 2002:a0c:e411:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Mon, 28 May 2018 17:53:57 -0700 (PDT) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400d:c0d::229 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 28 May 2018 21:44:55 -0400 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:225789 Archived-At: --00000000000059ec73056d4dabad Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Recently it was pointed out to me that there are various docstrings that use -- without surrounding spaces as in this for upcase The argument object is not altered--the value is a copy. ^^^^^ You can find other examples in casefiddle.c and in some Emacs Lisp code as well like the docstring for comiint-scroll-show-maximum-output. Is this intentional, or accidental? Should it be changed? --00000000000059ec73056d4dabad Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Recently it was pointed out to me that there are various d= ocstrings that use -- without surrounding spaces as in this for upcase
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The argument object= is not altered--the value is a copy.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ^^^^^


You can fin= d other examples in casefiddle.c and in some Emacs Lisp code as well like t= he docstring for comiint-scroll-show-maximum-output.

Is this intentional, or accidental? Should it be changed?=C2=A0

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