GNU bug report logs - #17566
24.4.50; describe parameters in doc string: `dired-move-to-filename' etc.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 18:40:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 24.4.50

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 17566 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17566: 24.4.50; describe parameters in doc string: `dired-move-to-filename' etc.
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 19:44:44 +0200

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> Subject line says it all.  Parameters should be described in doc
> strings!  In the case of `dired-move-to-filename' it is not at all
> obvious what parameter RAISE-ERROR means, for example.  Even the code
> comments seem to have trouble describing what RAISE-ERROR is for.

I've now documented the parameters to that function in Emacs 27.

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