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bug#7834: 24.0.50; doc of `put-image'
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Stefan Monnier |
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bug#7834: 24.0.50; doc of `put-image' |
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Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:42:54 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
>> 2. Why not have `put-image' return the overlay itself? That would
>> simplify code such as that of `image-dired-dired-toggle-marked-thumbs',
>> which, just after calling `put-image', tries to examine all overlays at
>> point just to find the right one - the one with a `put-image' property.
> That's a good idea. Stefan, however, is really against primarily
> side-effect-ey functions returning usable values, so we should check
> with him first.
This function creates a new object, and that's a good idea to return it.
The cases to which I'm opposed is when the function returns something
which the caller knows even before calling the function.
Stefan