GNU bug report logs - #16942
24.3; replace-match does not return t as stated in the manual

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Reported by: phillip.lord <at> newcastle.ac.uk (Phillip Lord)

Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 16:43:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.3

Fixed in version 24.4

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: phillip.lord <at> newcastle.ac.uk (Phillip Lord)
To: 16942 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16942: 24.3; replace-match does not return t as stated in the manual
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:01:19 +0000


This is a small documentation bug.

From info node: `(elisp) Replacing Match' 


     If you did the last search in a buffer, you should omit the STRING
     argument or specify `nil' for it, and make sure that the current
     buffer is the one in which you performed the last search.  Then
     this function edits the buffer, replacing the matched text with
     REPLACEMENT.  It leaves point at the end of the replacement text,
     and returns `t'.

    
In my hands, replace-match returns nil regardless. The docstring does
not mention the return type.

Phil
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