GNU bug report logs - #13976
forward-sexp return value not documented

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>

Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 14:42:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug, wontfix

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: forward-sexp return value not documented
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:41:10 +0100

Hi,

forward-sexp returns point, which IMHO is useful, as it
permits writing

(setq result (forward-sexp))

Understand concerns wrt mainteance, not to make code dependent from return values.
OTOH speed is an issue at Emacs Lisp and this seems not expected to change.

Suggest to mention return value in docstring, so people may make use of it.

Best,

Andres
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