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bug#8452: 24.0.50; doc of `pp' and related functions
From: |
Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#8452: 24.0.50; doc of `pp' and related functions |
Date: |
Sat, 02 Jul 2011 17:48:30 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> 1. Users should not need to dive into the `pp' source code to discover
> its behavior. The doc string should describe that. And its behavior
> is designed to change with these vars. Those behavior differences
> need to be pointed out.
Not even `princ' describes what is does with the myriad `print-*'
variables. I think the assumption is that someone who uses the Lisp
printer are aware that these things exist, and repeating it in all the
print-related function is unnecessary.
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