GNU bug report logs - #17567
24.4.50; doc string of `define-derived-mode'

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 19:17:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Merged with 20531

Found in versions 24.4.50, 25.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #41 received at 17567 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: drew.adams <at> oracle.com, 17567 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17567: 24.4.50; doc string of `define-derived-mode'
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 12:07:02 -0700

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> The first is a variable, the second is a symbol.  "Unquoted symbol" is
> something that causes at least me to raise a brow.

Is it better to delete that sentence and leave it as it was, or is there
something else we could usefully put as an explanation?
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