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24.3.50; doc string of `read-file-name' - "value is not expanded"

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: 15096 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15096: 24.3.50; doc string of `read-file-name' - "value is not expanded"
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 14:42:23 -0700 (PDT)

Beginning of doc string:

  Read file name, prompting with PROMPT and completing in directory DIR.
  Value is not expanded---you must call `expand-file-name' yourself.

What value?  This could easily be misread to be referring to the value
of DIR.  Please say clearly that it is the return value of function
`read-file-name' that is not expanded.

In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
 of 2013-08-07 on ODIEONE
Bzr revision: 113750 lekktu <at> gmail.com-20130808011911-0jzpc9xuncegg6x9
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
 `configure --prefix=/c/Devel/emacs/binary --enable-checking=yes,glyphs
 CFLAGS=-O0 -g3 LDFLAGS=-Lc:/Devel/emacs/lib
 CPPFLAGS=-Ic:/Devel/emacs/include'

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