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

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From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 15117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: bug#15117: 24.3.50; doc of `(forward|backward)-*': state return value
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 20:26:48 +0100

Am 11.02.2014 19:58, schrieb Eli Zaretskii:
>> Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 19:42:52 +0100
>> From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
>>
>> IMO these functions should return point if successful, i.e. if point was moved, but nil otherwise, for example at EOB.
>
> Why point?  E.g., forward-to-indentation could returns the column
> where it ended up, forward-same-syntax could return the syntax class,
> forward-visible-line could return the number of screen lines
> traversed, etc.
>
> Once again, the potentially useful value might well be different for
> each function, and needs to be considered separately for each.
> There's no "one fits all" here.
>
>

Agreed. Saying "these" was a way too general.

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