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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Message #76 received at 17623-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
Cc: 17623-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se
Subject: Re: bug#17623: 24.4.50; incorrect example for `apply-partially' in
 (elisp) `Calling Functions'
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 20:57:23 +0300

> From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  17623-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 17:38:21 +0200
> 
> I would also replace "M<N" with "M<=N"; there are useful cases with M=N,
> e.g.

I don't object, but please note that the text didn't say M=N is not a
possibility.  It says _IF_ M<N, _THEN_ ..., so this doesn't say that M
cannot be equal to N, and understanding it as if it did say that is
IMO jumping to wrong conclusions.
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