GNU bug report logs - #15116
24.3.50; doc of `set-match-data'

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 15:28:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 24.3.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #19 received at 15116 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 15116 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#15116: 24.3.50; doc of `set-match-data'
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 10:42:44 -0700 (PDT)

> Awesome, so now we can expect 100s of reports about this, complete
> with little lectures when we disagree.

Too bad.  It's not about minimizing development.  It's about helping
users and specifying clearly (yes, for developers too) just what the
language is.

If Common Lisp can do it (and has done it for 30 years) then the
self-vaunted "self-documenting" editor can do it too.

It just means thinking also `user' and `spec', not just `code'.
Emacs is a big boy now; he should be able to handle this.
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