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24.3.50; wrong sytax description in (elisp) Case Tables

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Message #16 received at 13292 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Eli Zaretskii'" <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 13292 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#13292: 24.3.50; wrong sytax description in (elisp) Case Tables
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 08:57:28 -0800

> > The parameters should be uppercase everywhere.
> 
> They never were.  This is how Info works.
> Closing.

In that case, there are bugs in the other direction, in other nodes of the
manual - nodes that use uppercase for parameters.

For example:

`A Sample Function Description' - `count-loop'
`Syntax Table Functions' - `with-syntax-table'
`Using Lexical Binding' - `special-variable-p'
`Syntax Table Internals' - `string-to-syntax'
`Declare Form' - `declare'

Note that `A Sample Function Description' is the very place where we explain the
syntax convention and give an example of it.  Not a good place to set a bad
example.

Reopening.  There is clearly some cleanup to be done.

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