From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17566: 24.4.50; describe parameters in doc string: `dired-move-to-filename' etc. Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 11:39:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1400870436 19101 80.91.229.3 (23 May 2014 18:40:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 18:40:36 +0000 (UTC) To: 17566@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 23 20:40:28 2014 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 1WnuOJ-00022z-Pg for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 May 2014 20:40:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45198 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WnuOJ-0006t6-AB for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 May 2014 14:40:27 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49497) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WnuO6-0006su-7Z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 May 2014 14:40:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WnuNv-0003Ik-QM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 May 2014 14:40:14 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:59297) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WnuNv-0003IO-Ni for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 May 2014 14:40:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WnuNv-0007Re-0b for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 May 2014 14:40:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 18:40:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 17566 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.140087039728597 (code B ref -1); Fri, 23 May 2014 18:40:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 May 2014 18:39:57 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58174 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WnuNl-0007R5-DZ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 May 2014 14:39:57 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:47650) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WnuNd-0007Qe-Mm for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 May 2014 14:39:50 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WnuNO-0002nh-01 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 May 2014 14:39:40 -0400 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:41651) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WnuNN-0002nN-UN for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 May 2014 14:39:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49217) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WnuNE-0006Ve-8j for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 May 2014 14:39:29 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WnuN0-0002db-Oz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 May 2014 14:39:20 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:32427) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WnuN0-0002dN-In for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 May 2014 14:39:06 -0400 Original-Received: from ucsinet22.oracle.com (ucsinet22.oracle.com [156.151.31.94]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id s4NId4nv004298 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Fri, 23 May 2014 18:39:05 GMT Original-Received: from aserz7022.oracle.com (aserz7022.oracle.com [141.146.126.231]) by ucsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.5+Sun/8.14.5) with ESMTP id s4NId3mp006342 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 23 May 2014 18:39:04 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0003.oracle.com (abhmp0003.oracle.com [141.146.116.9]) by aserz7022.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s4NId3Qh027534 for ; Fri, 23 May 2014 18:39:03 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8 (707110) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: ucsinet22.oracle.com [156.151.31.94] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). 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:89413 Archived-At: Subject line says it all. Parameters should be described in doc strings! In the case of `dired-move-to-filename' it is not at all obvious what parameter RAISE-ERROR means, for example. Even the code comments seem to have trouble describing what RAISE-ERROR is for. In GNU Emacs 24.4.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32) of 2014-05-17 on ODIEONE Bzr revision: 117119 eggert@cs.ucla.edu-20140517081131-ugu7ociaoec2xk7y Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601 Configured using: `configure --prefix=3D/c/Devel/emacs/snapshot/trunk --enable-checking=3Dyes,glyphs 'CFLAGS=3D-O0 -g3' LDFLAGS=3D-Lc:/Devel/emacs/lib 'CPPFLAGS=3D-DGC_MCHECK=3D1 -Ic:/Devel/emacs/include''