GNU bug report logs - #11601
gnus-tmp-group undocumented

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Package: gnus;

Reported by: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>

Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 17:41:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 5.130006

Fixed in version 24.2

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #15 received at 11601 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 11601 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11601: gnus-tmp-group undocumented
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:56:32 -0400

on Mon Jun 11 2012, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi-AT-gnus.org> wrote:

> Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com> writes:
>
>> I presume all of the gnus-tmp- stuff should be documented, or this one
>> should be changed to use some other mechanism.
>
> I've now added the following to that section in the manual:
>
> ---
> To see what variables are dynamically bound (like
> @code{gnus-tmp-group}), you have to look at the source code.  The
> variable names aren't guaranteed to be stable over Gnus versions,
> either.

You're actually recommending a customization in the manual that relies
on implementation details?  In fact... is there any way to write a
useful gnus-user-format-function-* that doesn't rely on implementation
details?  This just doesn't seem right.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
http://www.boostpro.com
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