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24.4.50; Error in Emacs manual 24.4.50

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Bernard Hurley <bernard <at> marcade.biz>
Subject: bug#20184: closed (Re: bug#20184: 24.4.50; Error in Emacs manual
 24.4.50)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 05:44:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#20184: 24.4.50; Error in Emacs manual 24.4.50

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 20184-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20184: 24.4.50; Error in Emacs manual 24.4.50
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 01:43:45 -0400

Version: 24.5

Thanks; fixed.

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From: Bernard Hurley <bernard <at> marcade.biz>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.4.50; Error in Emacs manual 24.4.50
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 18:52:15 +0000

--------
In the emacs manual version 24.4.50 section "2.7 Equality Predicates" the passage:

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 -- Function: equal-including-properties object1 object2
     This function behaves like `equal' in all cases but also requires
     that for two strings to be equal, they have the same text
     properties.

          (equal "asdf" (propertize "asdf" '(asdf t)))
               => t
          (equal-including-properties "asdf"
                                      (propertize "asdf" '(asdf t)))
               => nil

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probably should read:

------------- snip --------------

 -- Function: equal-including-properties object1 object2
     This function behaves like `equal' in all cases but also requires
     that for two strings to be equal, they have the same text
     properties.

          (equal "asdf" (propertize "asdf" 'asdf t))
               => t
          (equal-including-properties "asdf"
                                      (propertize "asdf" 'asdf t))
               => nil

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In other words the two occurrences of:
    '(asdf t)
cause
    *** Eval error ***  Wrong number of arguments
I assume that what was meant in each case is:
    'asdf t

Regards,
Bernard.

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