Re: [Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r104642: * src/process.c (Fset_process_buffer): Clarify return value in docstring.

[Stefan Monnier]

>> Actually, I generally prefer not to document the accidental return value
>> of side-effecting functions.

> What's accidental in
>   return buffer;
> ?

That the author could just as well have written "return Qnil;" or
various other options.
I can't find a single example of Elisp code in Emacs that does not
ignore the return value of set-process-buffer (and that's a good thing).


        Stefan