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24.2.50; Outdated timestamp documentation in Elisp manual

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Message #14 received at 12706 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Toby Cubitt <toby-dated-1352147036.f557d3 <at> dr-qubit.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 12706 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12706: 24.2.50; Outdated timestamp documentation in Elisp
	manual
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 22:24:07 +0200

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 04:08:29PM -0400, Glenn Morris wrote:
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> >> The documentation in the Elisp manual for `file-attributes' and for
> >> file-modification undo-list elements hasn't been updated to match the new
> >> high-precision timestamp format.
> >
> > That's normal at this stage: documentation usually gets updated only
> > late in the release process, which didn't start yet.  There are
> > markings in etc/NEWS that tell which changes are not documented yet.

Ah, I didn't realise that's how things worked. I'll know for next
time. Thanks!

> The file-attributes entry is marked with "---", so it's good that we
> have this report.

Glad it's still useful for something. I suspect the changes to the undo
entry format also risked being overlooked too, since they aren't
mentioned explicitly in that etc/NEWS entry.

Toby
-- 
Dr T. S. Cubitt
Mathematics and Quantum Information group
Department of Mathematics
Complutense University
Madrid, Spain

email: tsc25 <at> cantab.net
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