GNU bug report logs - #14844
24.3.50; `line-move-1': remove unused parameter _TO-END

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:44:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Found in version 24.3.50

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 14844 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: 14844 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#14844: 24.3.50; `line-move-1': remove unused parameter _TO-END
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:12:04 -0700 (PDT)

In addition, this unused parameter was apparently introduced in Emacs 22.
And it was *never even used then*, anywhere.
Its time has clearly come and gone.

> Worse.  It seems that the TO-END arg is not used *anywhere*, and should be
> removed from `line-move' and `line-move-partial' as well.  Too bad these
> functions do not even have doc strings to explain what was intended by the
> creation of this unused parameter.
> 
> > Occam's razor says it should not be.
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