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(info "(cl) Structures"): setf should be prominent

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#15242: closed (Re: bug#15242: (info "(cl) Structures"): setf
 should be prominent)
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 04:34:03 +0000

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Your bug report

#15242: (info "(cl) Structures"): setf should be prominent

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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From: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>
To: 15242-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15242: (info "(cl) Structures"): setf should be prominent
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 10:03:09 +0530

OP here.  Closing it.

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From: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: (info "(cl) Structures"): setf should be prominent
Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2013 09:39:54 +0530

In the Info node below, 

    ,---- (info "(cl) Structures")
    |  You can also change these slots by using `setf' on any of these
    |  place forms, for example:
    | 
    |           (cl-incf (person-age birthday-boy))
    `----

the use of `cl-incf' as an example for `setf' is a bit....unhelpful
(considering the context).

I suggest that the "set accessor" be made prominent, by introducing it
NOT as a sentence but as a paragraph in it's own right.  The example
SHOULD illustrate `setf' and NOT `incf'.

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