> From: Ship Mints <shipmints@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 08:11:00 -0400
> Cc: 77945@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>
>  > From: Ship Mints <shipmints@gmail.com>
>  > Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2025 17:45:40 -0400
>  > Cc: 77945@debbugs.gnu.org
>  >
>  >  Please describe the situations where you need this, and what is
>  >  missing if the inherited attributes are not shown.
>  >
>  >  > It's not clear to me if this warrants news.
>  >
>  >  It does.  Moreover, the function's documentation in the ELisp manual
>  >  needs to be updated.
>  >
>  > I've found this useful when trying to understand face definitions and when inheritance is out of order
>  vs.
>  > intended.
>
>  Doesn't describe-face already satisfy that need?
>
> I wanted a programmatic API where I could "diff" output.

Sorry, I don't understand.  describe-face produces a buffer that can
be diff'ed, right?