Subject: bug#15117: 24.3.50; doc of `(forward|backward)-*': state return value

From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 18:45:26 -0800 (PST)

> >> They don't seem to return anything useful.  Closing.
> >
> > Where do you get off saying that?  Of course it is useful to
> > use the return value of a motion function.  It saves a call to
> > `point', which can simplify the code.  (Yes, simple and beautiful
> > is in the eye of the reader.  But the point is that it is normal
> > for users to make use of the return value of a motion function
> > that is side-effect free.  Reopening.
> 
> If other developers disagree with my closing the bug, they can
> reopen.
> 
> Reclosing.

I already did disagree.  This is quite ludicrous.  Just how
do you think you are improving things by doing this?