GNU bug report logs - #10346
24.0.92; doc string of `save-buffer'

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

Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:18:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 24.0.92

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 10346 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10346: 24.0.92; doc string of `save-buffer'
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 07:02:20 -0800 (PST)

> > The doc string talks about the prefix arg, but no connection is
> > made to ARGS for use in Lisp.
> 
> Yes.  But the values for ARG are so...  non-Lispey, I have a feeling
> that it's been left off by choice.  The values are basically 0, 4,
> 16 and 64, which are ... kinda opaque when calling a function like
> that.
> 
> I don't know.  Should these values be documented or not?

Of course.
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