GNU bug report logs - #10228
24.0.92; doc string of `read-from-minibuffer' is incorrect (regression)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 03:59:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.0.92

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 10228 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10228: 24.0.92; doc string of `read-from-minibuffer' is incorrect (regression)
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:50:39 +0800

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> In Emacs 24 the doc string was changed wrt DEFAULT-VALUE.  It no longer
> says that a non-nil READ arg plus empty user input returns
> DEFAULT-VALUE.  It says that if READ is non-nil then DEFAULT-VALUE is
> the default to `read' if the user enters empty input.  And it
> incorrectly says that if READ is non-nil then `read-from-minibuffer does
> not return DEFAULT-VALUE for empty input - it returns the empty string.
> And it says nothing about what happens when READ is nil.

Fixed, thanks.
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