[debbugs-tracker] bug#16942: closed (24.3; replace-match does not return t as stated in the manual)

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regarding 24.3; replace-match does not return t as stated in the manual
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> 24.3; replace-match does not return t as stated in the manual
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> Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:01:19 +0000
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> This is a small documentation bug.
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> >From info node: `(elisp) Replacing Match' 
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>      If you did the last search in a buffer, you should omit the STRING
>      argument or specify `nil' for it, and make sure that the current
>      buffer is the one in which you performed the last search.  Then
>      this function edits the buffer, replacing the matched text with
>      REPLACEMENT.  It leaves point at the end of the replacement text,
>      and returns `t'.
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> In my hands, replace-match returns nil regardless. The docstring does
> not mention the return type.
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> Phil 
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> Re: bug#16942: 24.3; replace-match does not return t as stated in the manual
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> Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/)
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> Version: 24.4
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> Phillip Lord wrote:
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> >>From info node: `(elisp) Replacing Match' 
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> >      If you did the last search in a buffer, you should omit the STRING
> >      argument or specify `nil' for it, and make sure that the current
> >      buffer is the one in which you performed the last search.  Then
> >      this function edits the buffer, replacing the matched text with
> >      REPLACEMENT.  It leaves point at the end of the replacement text,
> >      and returns `t'.
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> > In my hands, replace-match returns nil regardless. The docstring does
> > not mention the return type.
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> I simply undocumented the return value, since it was both uninteresting
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