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bug#6493:
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Stephen Berman |
Subject: |
bug#6493: |
Date: |
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:02:45 +0200 |
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On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:45:13 -0400 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> wrote:
> Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 11:10, Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Attached is a new patch.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Three comments:
>
> Aside from these points (with which I agree), the addition of "as a
> nonnegative integer" is unnecessary. Point and mark are always
> non-negative. Also, it is important to keep the word "position",
> because mark could otherwise refer to the mark marker. I prefer:
>
> "Return the position of point or mark, whichever is smaller."
On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:16:48 -0700 "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
> Point _is_ a position. It is the position of the cursor. So that text speaks
> about the position of the position of the cursor, which is incorrect.
>
> But you are correct that we do speak of "setting the mark at a position".
How about this:
"Return the smaller of the integer value of point or the mark."
(`value' is used in the doc strings of 'point' and `mark'.)
Steve Berman
- bug#6493:, Deniz Dogan, 2010/07/10
- bug#6493:, Drew Adams, 2010/07/11
- bug#6493:, Juanma Barranquero, 2010/07/22
- bug#6493:, Deniz Dogan, 2010/07/23
- bug#6493:, Juanma Barranquero, 2010/07/23
- bug#6493:, Chong Yidong, 2010/07/23
- bug#6493:, Drew Adams, 2010/07/23
- bug#6493:,
Stephen Berman <=
- bug#6493:, Drew Adams, 2010/07/23
- bug#6493:, Juanma Barranquero, 2010/07/23
- bug#6493:, Juanma Barranquero, 2010/07/29
- bug#6493:, Johan Bockgård, 2010/07/29
- bug#6493:, Chong Yidong, 2010/07/29