[debbugs-tracker] bug#35361: closed (26.2; doc string of `read-buffer')

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regarding 26.2; doc string of `read-buffer'
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> 26.2; doc string of `read-buffer'
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> Sun, 21 Apr 2019 15:02:37 +0000 (UTC)
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> The doc string does not tell you what the completion candidates are
> (they are apparently singleton conses with car a buffer name).  So
> it is impossible for a user to know what kind of PREDICATEs to define, 
> i.e., what kinds of completion candidates are to be accepted as arg
> and tested.
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> Usually (e.g. for `completing-read') we tell users that PREDICATE is as
> specified for `try-completion' etc.  That info is missing here.
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> In GNU Emacs 26.2 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32)
>  of 2019-04-13
> Repository revision: fd1b34bfba8f3f6298df47c8e10b61530426f749
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 10.0.17134
> Configured using:
>  `configure --without-dbus --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32
>  --without-compress-install 'CFLAGS=-O2 -static -g3''
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> Re: bug#35361: 26.2; doc string of `read-buffer'
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> > Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 15:02:37 +0000 (UTC)
> > From: Drew Adams <address@hidden>
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> > The doc string does not tell you what the completion candidates are
> > (they are apparently singleton conses with car a buffer name).  So
> > it is impossible for a user to know what kind of PREDICATEs to define, 
> > i.e., what kinds of completion candidates are to be accepted as arg
> > and tested.
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> Thanks, fixed.
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