[debbugs-tracker] bug#29551: closed (24.5; doc string of `bookmark-alist')

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regarding 24.5; doc string of `bookmark-alist'
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> 24.5; doc string of `bookmark-alist'
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> Sun, 3 Dec 2017 15:41:10 -0800 (PST)
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> A bookmark is more than a name.
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> The first line of the doc string says this:
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>   Association list of bookmarks and their records.
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> That's wrong, or at best misleading.  Each entry in the alist is a
> _bookmark_.  That is, each entry is a bookmark "record", whose car
> is the bookmark name, and whose cdr is the associated bookmark data.
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> The doc should say something like this:
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> "Association list of bookmark names and bookmark data."
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> "Association list of bookmark records." (and then say what a record is)
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> In GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
>  of 2015-04-11 on LEG570
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
> Configured using:
>  `configure --prefix=/c/usr --host=i686-pc-mingw32'
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> Re: bug#29551: 24.5; doc string of `bookmark-alist'
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> > Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2017 15:41:10 -0800 (PST)
> > From: Drew Adams <address@hidden>
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> > A bookmark is more than a name.
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> > The first line of the doc string says this:
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> >   Association list of bookmarks and their records.
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> > That's wrong, or at best misleading.  Each entry in the alist is a
> > _bookmark_.  That is, each entry is a bookmark "record", whose car
> > is the bookmark name, and whose cdr is the associated bookmark data.
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> > The doc should say something like this:
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> > "Association list of bookmark names and bookmark data."
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> > "Association list of bookmark records." (and then say what a record is)
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> Thanks, fixed.
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