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24.3.50; doc string of `other-buffer'

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 24.3.50; doc string of `other-buffer'
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2013 21:08:15 -0700

Does not say what the behavior of BUFFER=nil is/means/does, and that's
the default situation!  The entire string is written as if BUFFER is a
buffer.
 
In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2013-04-02 on ODIEONE
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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 14154 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14154: 24.3.50; doc string of `other-buffer'
Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2013 10:26:14 +0200

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

> Does not say what the behavior of BUFFER=nil is/means/does,

"Ignore the argument BUFFER unless it denotes a live buffer."

Andreas.

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Andreas Schwab'" <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 14154 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#14154: 24.3.50; doc string of `other-buffer'
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 01:43:13 -0700

> > Does not say what the behavior of BUFFER=nil is/means/does,
> 
> "Ignore the argument BUFFER unless it denotes a live buffer."

Meaningless - that's no help by itself, and nothing else in the doc string comes
to its aid.

Ignore it and do what?  Return which buffer?  A buffer other than which in this
case?

See (elisp) `The Buffer List', for a start.

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 14154 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14154: 24.3.50; doc string of `other-buffer'
Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:11:38 +0200

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

> Ignore it and do what?

"Return most recently selected buffer other than BUFFER."

Andreas.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 14154 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14154: 24.3.50; doc string of `other-buffer'
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 04:41:50 -0800

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

> Does not say what the behavior of BUFFER=nil is/means/does, and that's
> the default situation!  The entire string is written as if BUFFER is a
> buffer.

I think it's pretty clear.  If BUFFER is a buffer, then it's not a
candidate.  If not, ... not.  Closing.

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