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25.0.50; (elisp) `Accessing Mouse', for `posn-object-x-y'

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 20168 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20168: 25.0.50; (elisp) `Accessing Mouse', for `posn-object-x-y'
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 20:19:43 +0200

> Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 11:14:28 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> 
> The doc string is OK.  The manual is misleading/incorrect, in this
> regard: it speaks about a case where "the POSITION is a buffer
> position".  This is wrong, as a buffer position in Emacs means a natural
> number 1,2... (or a marker).

Why is it wrong?

> Maybe what should be said in this case is
> that "POSITION represents a buffer position".  Its value cannot be
> simply a buffer position, which is a number or a marker.

Why not?  And what's the difference between the current text and your
suggestion?

Or maybe you could provide an example where the docs are wrong.

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