GNU bug report logs - #17623
24.4.50; incorrect example for `apply-partially' in (elisp) `Calling Functions'

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 23:55:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.4.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 17623-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17623: 24.4.50; incorrect example for `apply-partially' in (elisp) `Calling Functions'
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 06:14:13 -0700
Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de> writes:

> Why again was saying something like "note that unlike the built-in
> function this version accepts any number of arguments" rejected?

Would this resolve any remaining confusion in this paragraph?  If so,
adding this sounds like a reasonable outcome.  It is a true statement,
and I don't think it risks confusing things further.




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