GNU bug report logs - #13177
24.3.50; doc of `read-char-by-name'

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

Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 04:03:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Merged with 13195

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #32 received at 13177 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 'Juri Linkov' <juri <at> jurta.org>, 13177 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13177: 24.3.50; doc of `read-char-by-name'
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:20:13 -0500

> The problem for me is that I don't know what the intention (design)
> was or why.  Maybe someone has a good reason to return nil or to
> return a number that does not correspond to a recognized code point?

It's called "read-char-by-name", so the intention is pretty clear: it
should return a char.


        Stefan
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