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24.2.50; doc of `locate-file'

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 12674 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12674: 24.2.50; doc of `locate-file'
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 18:58:42 -0800

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

> The description in the Elisp manual is fine.  The doc string is
> generally OK, except for its second sentence.  This part of the second
> sentence is not clear (meaningless, misleading): ", with its suffixes".
>
> It's unclear what that might mean (return the absolute file name, plus a
> list of its suffixes?).  But it certainly cannot mean what really
> happens: the absolute file name is returned, including ONE of the
> suffixes if appropriate.
>
> Just say what the manual says: the absolute file name is returned:
>
>  If it finds such a file, it returns the file's absolute file name;
>  otherwise it returns `nil'.

Fixed on trunk.

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