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25.0.50; doc string of `elisp--eval-last-sexp'

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Message #34 received at 19932 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevillook <at> yahoo.fr>, Dmitry Gutov
 <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 19932 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#19932: 25.0.50; doc string of `elisp--eval-last-sexp'
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 08:36:13 -0800 (PST)

> >> .. should not mention the prefix arg.  This is not a command, and the
> >> function code does not access `current-prefix-arg'.
> >
> > Maybe it should just be undocumented. It's a private function, and it
> > duplicates the docstring of its only caller.
> 
> FWIW, I like when functions are documented, even private ones.

Of course.  And "private" means nothing in the context of Emacs Lisp.

But perhaps some have dreams of turning it into C++. ;-)

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