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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 15117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, lekktu <at> gmail.com, larsi <at> gnus.org
Subject: bug#15117: 24.3.50; doc of `(forward|backward)-*': state return value
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 20:17:25 +0200

> Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:14:26 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: lekktu <at> gmail.com, 15117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org
> 
> 2. I guess you want a separate bug report for fixing the other
> functions themselves, so they return something useful.

It deserves a separate discussion, but I'm not sure their current
non-values constitute a bug.  There's nothing wrong in returning nil.

In any case, each function should be discussed separately, because the
fact that the name starts with "forward-" says nothing about possible
useful values it could return.

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