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bug#17567: 24.4.50; doc string of `define-derived-mode'
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#17567: 24.4.50; doc string of `define-derived-mode' |
Date: |
Sat, 25 Sep 2021 22:11:30 +0300 |
> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
> Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 12:07:02 -0700
> Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, 17567@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > The first is a variable, the second is a symbol. "Unquoted symbol" is
> > something that causes at least me to raise a brow.
>
> Is it better to delete that sentence and leave it as it was, or is there
> something else we could usefully put as an explanation?
I think it's better to delete it.
In general, when the symbol's value is needed, we don't say anything.
When the symbol itself is needed, we sometimes say it should be a
symbol, as in the case of add-hook:
HOOK should be a symbol, ...
So I think in this case we don't need to say anything.
bug#17567: [External] : Re: bug#17567: 24.4.50; doc string of `define-derived-mode', Drew Adams, 2021/09/25
- bug#17567: [External] : Re: bug#17567: 24.4.50; doc string of `define-derived-mode', Eli Zaretskii, 2021/09/25
- bug#17567: [External] : Re: bug#17567: 24.4.50; doc string of `define-derived-mode', Drew Adams, 2021/09/25
- bug#17567: [External] : Re: bug#17567: 24.4.50; doc string of `define-derived-mode', Eli Zaretskii, 2021/09/25
- bug#17567: [External] : Re: bug#17567: 24.4.50; doc string of `define-derived-mode', Drew Adams, 2021/09/25
- bug#17567: [External] : Re: bug#17567: 24.4.50; doc string of `define-derived-mode', Eli Zaretskii, 2021/09/25
- bug#17567: [External] : Re: bug#17567: 24.4.50; doc string of `define-derived-mode', Drew Adams, 2021/09/25
- bug#17567: [External] : Re: bug#17567: 24.4.50; doc string of `define-derived-mode', Richard Stallman, 2021/09/27