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bug#13810: 24.3.50; Docstring of `newline' is confusing
From: |
Stephen Berman |
Subject: |
bug#13810: 24.3.50; Docstring of `newline' is confusing |
Date: |
Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:43:55 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:30:50 -0500 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
wrote:
>> The doc string of newline says "Call `auto-fill-function'..."; you can
>> only call a function, not a variable (I suppose you can call a variable
>> something, but not just call it).
>
> Yet, I think that newline doesn't call the `auto-fill-function'
> function, but the function contained in the
> `auto-fill-function' variable.
Still, it doesn't "call the variable" ;-). Anyway, isn't the potential
for confusion here rather limited, since the function auto-fill-function
is a noop just there for its doc string?
Steve Berman
- bug#13810: 24.3.50; Docstring of `newline' is confusing, Xue Fuqiao, 2013/02/25
- bug#13810: 24.3.50; Docstring of `newline' is confusing, Stephen Berman, 2013/02/25
- bug#13810: 24.3.50; Docstring of `newline' is confusing, Xue Fuqiao, 2013/02/25
- bug#13810: 24.3.50; Docstring of `newline' is confusing, Stephen Berman, 2013/02/25
- bug#13810: 24.3.50; Docstring of `newline' is confusing, Xue Fuqiao, 2013/02/25
- bug#13810: 24.3.50; Docstring of `newline' is confusing, Eli Zaretskii, 2013/02/25
- bug#13810: 24.3.50; Docstring of `newline' is confusing, Xue Fuqiao, 2013/02/25
- bug#13810: 24.3.50; Docstring of `newline' is confusing, Eli Zaretskii, 2013/02/25
- bug#13810: 24.3.50; Docstring of `newline' is confusing, Stefan Monnier, 2013/02/25
- bug#13810: 24.3.50; Docstring of `newline' is confusing,
Stephen Berman <=
- bug#13810: 24.3.50; Docstring of `newline' is confusing, Stephen Berman, 2013/02/25
- bug#13810: 24.3.50; Docstring of `newline' is confusing, Xue Fuqiao, 2013/02/25