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24.3.50; Docstring of `newline' is confusing

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
Cc: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free <at> gmail.com>, 13810 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13810: 24.3.50; Docstring of `newline' is confusing
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 16:35:56 +0200

Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net> writes:

> Your report prompted me to check the code of newline and I think I found
> a bug: a comment says, "If the newline leaves the previous line blank,
> and we have a left margin, delete that from the blank line", but the
> code only checks whether the previous line consists of a *single* space
> or tab, so if there's more than one space or tab and the line is
> otherwise blank, these won't be deleted.  I doubt this asymmetry is
> intended, so at least the following patch should be made:

Thanks; I've now applied your patch to Emacs 28.

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