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24.2; Manual gives arguments for lisp-indent-function in wrong order

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Gareth Rees <gdr <at> garethrees.org>
Subject: bug#13450: closed (Re: bug#13450: 24.2; Manual gives arguments
 for lisp-indent-function in wrong order)
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 02:04:01 +0000

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Your bug report

#13450: 24.2; Manual gives arguments for lisp-indent-function in wrong order

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 13450 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 13450-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13450: 24.2;
	Manual gives arguments for lisp-indent-function in wrong order
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:03:22 -0500

Version: 24.2.93

Thanks; fixed.

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From: Gareth Rees <gdr <at> garethrees.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.2; Manual gives arguments for lisp-indent-function in wrong order
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:39:48 +0000

In GNU Emacs 24.2.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin, NS apple-appkit-1038.36):

The section "Indenting Macros" in the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual [1] says
that if INDENT-SPEC is a symbol, then 

    SYMBOL should be a function name; that function is called to
    calculate the indentation of a line within this expression.  The
    function receives two arguments:

    STATE
          The value returned by `parse-partial-sexp' (a Lisp primitive
          for indentation and nesting computation) when it parses up to
          the beginning of this line.

    POS
          The position at which the line being indented begins.

However, the function actually receives these arguments in the other
order. In particular, in lisp-indent-function in lisp-mode.el [2] the
INDENT-SPEC method is called like this:

		(funcall method indent-point state)))))))

I suggest that the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual be updated to match the
code.

[1] http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Indenting-Macros.html
[2] http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el#n1215

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