[Emacs-diffs] emacs-25 6ad0d39: Update documentation of 'indirect-function'

[Eli Zaretskii]

branch: emacs-25
commit 6ad0d39680cc82e660e3016b11c9f29d2666c79f
Author: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>

    Update documentation of 'indirect-function'
    
    * doc/lispref/eval.texi (Function Indirection): Update the
    documentation of 'indirect-function'.
---
 doc/lispref/eval.texi |   11 +++++------
 etc/NEWS              |    2 ++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/lispref/eval.texi b/doc/lispref/eval.texi
index 28bf600..d2a8ff5 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/eval.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/eval.texi
@@ -328,13 +328,12 @@ This function returns the meaning of @var{function} as a 
function.  If
 definition and starts over with that value.  If @var{function} is not a
 symbol, then it returns @var{function} itself.
 
-This function signals a @code{void-function} error if the final symbol
-is unbound and optional argument @var{noerror} is @code{nil} or
-omitted.  Otherwise, if @var{noerror} is address@hidden, it returns
address@hidden if the final symbol is unbound.
+This function returns @code{nil} if the final symbol is unbound.  It
+signals a @code{cyclic-function-indirection} error if there is a loop
+in the chain of symbols.
 
-It signals a @code{cyclic-function-indirection} error if there is a
-loop in the chain of symbols.
+The optional argument @var{noerror} is obsolete, kept for backward
+compatibility, and has no effect.
 
 Here is how you could define @code{indirect-function} in Lisp:
 
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index e6a3150..06cd38e 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1202,10 +1202,12 @@ to the special value `dragging' in the body of the form.
 has any effect.  (This change was made in Emacs 24.4 but was not
 advertised at the time.)
 
++++
 ** `indirect-function' does not signal `void-function' any more.
 This is mostly a bug-fix, since this change was missed back in 24.4 when
 symbol-function was changed not to signal `void-function' any more.
 
++++
 *** As a consequence, the second arg of `indirect-function' is now obsolete.
 
 ** Comint, term, and compile do not set the EMACS env var any more.