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bug#15116: 24.3.50; doc of `set-match-data'
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Juanma Barranquero |
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bug#15116: 24.3.50; doc of `set-match-data' |
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Sat, 17 Aug 2013 17:40:26 +0200 |
On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
> The doc for every Emacs function should say what the return value is.
Hm. I disagree. Many functions are used just by their side effects,
and forcing them to declare a return value and keep it forever
back-compatible is unreasonable, especially when the return value is
quite arbitrary. You simply shouldn't rely on them returning anything
sensible.
J
bug#15116: 24.3.50; doc of `set-match-data', Glenn Morris, 2013/08/17