From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ruijie Yu via "Emacs development discussions." Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Escape syntax in docstrings Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 12:04:40 +0800 Message-ID: References: <87edpfnqln.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: Ruijie Yu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="15897"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: mu4e 1.8.14; emacs 30.0.50 Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chen Zhaoyang Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 24 17:05:20 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pfjum-0003qB-Un for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2023 17:05:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pfaPx-0006Vd-O2; Fri, 24 Mar 2023 01:56:49 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pfaPv-0006VD-Gt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2023 01:56:47 -0400 Original-Received: from netyu.xyz ([152.44.41.246] helo=mail.netyu.xyz) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pfaPo-0003Wl-6G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2023 01:56:46 -0400 Original-Received: from fw.net.yu.netyu.xyz ( [222.248.4.98]) by netyu.xyz (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPSA id d2ab0dac (TLSv1.3:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256:NO); Fri, 24 Mar 2023 04:09:43 +0000 (UTC) In-reply-to: <87edpfnqln.fsf@gmail.com> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=152.44.41.246; envelope-from=ruijie@netyu.xyz; helo=mail.netyu.xyz X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:304753 Archived-At: Hello, Chen Zhaoyang writes: > Dear friends, > > Since when did emacs become stricter when enforcing the escape syntax in > docstrings? On 27.1 (built by debian), this function evals to no error: > > (defun slash-in-docstring () > "\x -> x" > nil) > > [...] > > Can we document this change of behavior? This issue has been reported in bug#62224 as well. Apparently after the OP reported the bug, Eli made changes to the documentation accordingly -- although I myself don't know where exactly to look. -- Best, RY