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letf doc is not very helpful

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 12760 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12760: letf doc is not very helpful
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 03:05:49 -0400

Stefan Monnier wrote:

>> -> Like `cl-letf', but with some extra backward compatibility.
>> This is so vague as to not be useful.
>
> The only difference (handling of funbound symbols for symbol-function)
> is one I'd rather not document because it's deprecated.

PS I honestly can't see why "A is different to B in some unspecified way
that I'm not going to tell you lest you try and use it" is preferable to
"A is essentially exactly the same as B, apart from cases C and D. Such
usage is deprecated."

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