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25.0.50; Docstring bug in make-temp-name

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From: Marcin Borkowski <mbork <at> wmi.amu.edu.pl>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 25.0.50; Docstring bug in make-temp-name
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 22:57:15 +0100

The docstring for `make-temp-file' says (among other things):

"For that reason, you should
probably use `make-temp-file' instead, except in three circumstances:

* If you are creating the file in the user's home directory.
* If you are creating a directory rather than an ordinary file."

However, `make-temp-file' actually can create directories, so the second
point in the above quote is unnecessary and misleading.

Best regards,

Version info:

In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.10.8)
 of 2015-01-02 on aga-netbook
Repository revision: 11ee7d8bf16b8ee4fcb3659e4b09686ed8b10590
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11501000
System Description:	Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University

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