From unknown Thu Jun 19 14:03:08 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#20691 <20691@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#20691 <20691@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: 24.5; `eval-expression' doesn't conform to its docstring Reply-To: bug#20691 <20691@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 21:03:08 +0000 retitle 20691 24.5; `eval-expression' doesn't conform to its docstring reassign 20691 emacs submitter 20691 Vasilij Schneidermann severity 20691 minor tag 20691 fixed thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri May 29 05:36:34 2015 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 May 2015 09:36:34 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60067 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YyGiP-0004tk-Pj for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 May 2015 05:36:34 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:48423) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YyGiN-0004tX-V9 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 May 2015 05:36:32 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YyGiH-0004Ub-51 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 May 2015 05:36:26 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM, HTML_MESSAGE,T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:34522) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YyGiH-0004UU-2r for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 May 2015 05:36:25 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33693) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YyGiF-0008Cn-Ad for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 May 2015 05:36:25 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YyGiD-0004Sq-BB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 May 2015 05:36:23 -0400 Received: from mail-wg0-x231.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c00::231]:36444) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YyGiD-0004SY-0k for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 May 2015 05:36:21 -0400 Received: by wgbgq6 with SMTP id gq6so57692147wgb.3 for ; Fri, 29 May 2015 02:36:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=2WH0GF94RmG6ewwMZ0hMkJgmKu8Nap7FpVIW+fjoYDg=; b=a42nwd45Osb46Q0v6tZKgT/onfsvJbVQAZjYpg1OMYCJT8aTrH+89wNEpsjIatYCkX P3ZmUVXhMakcFzwKmtkV4IbVZySk/RSSi4lwllMx/HBqaV6EphO4ubK2NUj8fneNZBf+ gv4ZrBHsqj+wrAWlCxlX0Pr3IIpSF6Dv9YEYFv0RXhLAOGcTbhgqQUE6mb3TixHMMd7i Lb2XkFt0nDeOxUWoYGdyArzUeqVreSDiVY95wZK1LYE3hN3E6ppms0RQBuD4nKSQ7Gl/ 9qZT8VVDl52RGQx+vk+GeZ007rnFkWFgA+caMLY5aIo7Os7Qz6j+e314Sx7mn0nPiL8T gILQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.178.201 with SMTP id da9mr4654674wjc.139.1432892179446; Fri, 29 May 2015 02:36:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.28.225.66 with HTTP; Fri, 29 May 2015 02:36:19 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 11:36:19 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: 24.5; `eval-expression' doesn't conform to its docstring From: Vasilij Schneidermann To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e013d15225b80df051735358d X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) --089e013d15225b80df051735358d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Evaluating numbers and characters with M-: prints their value and additionally to that the octal, hexadecimal and character representation of the number if it's printable. I've checked its docstring and was surprised to read that the aforementioned behaviour should only happen when using a prefix argument of zero. This either means that the docstring should be updated to make clear that this behaviour also happens when using without any kind of prefix argument or the function should be changed to not display this information when used without any prefix argument. The same question applies to other functions making use of the internal `eval-expression-print-format' function that is responsible for returning the alternate representation of the number, such as `eval-defun-2' and `eval-last-sexp-print-value' in lisp-mode.el and a few more. In GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.16.2) of 2015-04-20 on bitzer.hoetzel.info Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11701000 System Description: Arch Linux Configured using: `configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libexecdir=/usr/lib --localstatedir=/var --with-x-toolkit=gtk3 --with-xft 'CFLAGS=-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4' CPPFLAGS=-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 LDFLAGS=-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro' Important settings: value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8 locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix Major mode: Lisp Interaction Minor modes in effect: tooltip-mode: t electric-indent-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Recent messages: For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. 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Evaluating numbers and characters with M-: prints thei= r value and
additionally to that the octal, hexadecimal and character re= presentation
of the number if it's printable.=C2=A0 I've checked= its docstring and was
surprised to read that the aforementioned behavio= ur should only happen
when using a prefix argument of zero.=C2=A0 This e= ither means that the
docstring should be updated to make clear that this= behaviour also
happens when using without any kind of prefix argument o= r the function
should be changed to not display this information when us= ed without any
prefix argument.

The same question applies to othe= r functions making use of the internal
`eval-expression-print-format'= ; function that is responsible for
returning the alternate representatio= n of the number, such as
`eval-defun-2' and `eval-last-sexp-print-va= lue' in lisp-mode.el and a
few more.



In GNU Emacs 24.= 5.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.16.2)
=C2=A0of 2015-04-20 = on bitzer.hoetzel.info
Window= ing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11701000System Description: Arch Linux

Configured using:
=C2=A0`configur= e --prefix=3D/usr --sysconfdir=3D/etc --libexecdir=3D/usr/lib
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Im= portant settings:
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Major mode: Lisp Interaction

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Recent messages:
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU= system, type C-h C-a.

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None found.

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--089e013d15225b80df051735358d-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri May 29 06:02:51 2015 Received: (at 20691) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 May 2015 10:02:51 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60076 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YyH7q-0005Y6-Kp for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 May 2015 06:02:51 -0400 Received: from mxin.ulb.ac.be ([164.15.128.112]:19171) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YyH7o-0005Xy-NM for 20691@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 May 2015 06:02:49 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AkoKAOo4aFWkD4Xx/2dsb2JhbABchEKsDgEBAQEBAQaZWAKCFAEBAQEBAYELQQWDXQEBAwF5BQsIAw4TJQ8BBA08E4gXAQMKCLFsnEsBSg2FBAEBAQcCAR+GGYI6gnCCTYI5B4QtAQScQ4FZgSmGQDCIFYcEI4N6PDGCRwEBAQ Received: from mathsrv4.ulb.ac.be (HELO localhost) ([164.15.133.241]) by smtp.ulb.ac.be with ESMTP; 29 May 2015 12:02:08 +0200 From: Nicolas Richard To: Vasilij Schneidermann Subject: Re: bug#20691: 24.5; `eval-expression' doesn't conform to its docstring References: Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 12:02:08 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Vasilij Schneidermann's message of "Fri, 29 May 2015 11:36:19 +0200") Message-ID: <871thzya5b.fsf@yahoo.fr> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 20691 Cc: 20691@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) Vasilij Schneidermann writes: > Evaluating numbers and characters with M-: prints their value and > additionally to that the octal, hexadecimal and character > representation > of the number if it's printable. I've checked its docstring and was > surprised to read that the aforementioned behaviour should only happen > when using a prefix argument of zero. It seems to be fixed on the master branch. I just tried : "M-: 5 7 RET" show "57" in the echo area "C-u M-: 5 7 RET" inserts "57" in the buffer "M-0 M-: 5 7 RET" inserts "57 (#o71, #x39, ?9)" in the buffer But indeed I observe the same problem on emacs-24. -- Nico. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Jun 25 03:58:27 2015 Received: (at 20691) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Jun 2015 07:58:27 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56925 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z823G-0001ar-Nf for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 03:58:26 -0400 Received: from mail-wi0-f171.google.com ([209.85.212.171]:37459) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z823E-0001ae-DO for 20691@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 03:58:24 -0400 Received: by wicgi11 with SMTP id gi11so67552821wic.0 for <20691@debbugs.gnu.org>; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 00:58:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=gEXemm498XnkIFkTSWx4zZ+rzrt32IR23HjxF5vxiDo=; b=K2pwcvcHcpzvOaNXasgTNQsuNyl4RAbGq1n+zn7EpNHu0SnudxY2WBsFWGLQDuPTF7 Nc2LrQAVk9wp2lrH0ZY69oOd0Ka1E8R0g3Qa06HE7utazk/bPBtg3tkyFJSuHr0I8SRK TXqXgqZ98xrXpkg584ekBgdr1LXRAd0wVIhMOrlV1ULO7S/fJGmD0LqPvzD6b54pruM1 vx52j8PhTo/2fi5ryVuPaGZBtzZe3HO4JaSSFk9N5cClkn3WFqImBZuBjIJhAOzlFaqe i0IDRWkFOX1+hYYWwzbZnzvNWMAxz9JMcBOQfgQ2L4Z7hWPbiG71LPY5UnHH7KDytidl YqXQ== X-Received: by 10.194.6.194 with SMTP id d2mr8804035wja.151.1435219098736; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 00:58:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (port-92-204-23-166.dynamic.qsc.de. [92.204.23.166]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id v4sm6273725wiy.5.2015.06.25.00.58.17 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 25 Jun 2015 00:58:18 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 09:58:16 +0200 From: Vasilij Schneidermann To: Nicolas Richard Subject: Re: bug#20691: 24.5; `eval-expression' doesn't conform to its docstring Message-ID: <20150625075816.GA1639@odonien.bevuta.com> References: <871thzya5b.fsf@yahoo.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <871thzya5b.fsf@yahoo.fr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 20691 Cc: 20691@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) > It seems to be fixed on the master branch. Not for me. > I just tried : > "M-: 5 7 RET" show "57" in the echo area > "C-u M-: 5 7 RET" inserts "57" in the buffer > "M-0 M-: 5 7 RET" inserts "57 (#o71, #x39, ?9)" in the buffer "M-: 5 7 RET" displays "57 (#o71, #x39, ?9) in the echo area. "C-u M-: 5 7 RET" inserts "57" in the buffer. "M-0 M-: 5 7 RET" inserts "57 (#o71, #x39, ?9)" in the buffer. The first seems wrong to me or at the very least underspecified. The others are as I'd expect them to be from the documentation. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Jun 25 06:09:58 2015 Received: (at 20691) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Jun 2015 10:09:58 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56960 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z846Y-0004cD-4k for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 06:09:58 -0400 Received: from mxin.ulb.ac.be ([164.15.128.112]:33476) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z846W-0004bu-83 for 20691@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 06:09:56 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvoGABPTi1WkD3Xs/2dsb2JhbABbhESqZQEBAQEBAQYFmgOCCgEBAQEBAYELhCMBAQR5EAgDDhMlDwERNgYTiBoDEsd2DYVnAQsghhyFLoJNgjmEMgWUBYlwigeIeYcZJoN8PDGCSAEBAQ Received: from wifi-nat236.ulb.ac.be (HELO Aurora) ([164.15.117.236]) by smtp.ulb.ac.be with ESMTP; 25 Jun 2015 12:09:17 +0200 From: Nicolas Richard To: Vasilij Schneidermann Subject: Re: bug#20691: 24.5; `eval-expression' doesn't conform to its docstring References: <871thzya5b.fsf@yahoo.fr> <20150625075816.GA1639@odonien.bevuta.com> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:09:14 +0200 Message-ID: <86lhf8hzg5.fsf@members.fsf.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 20691 Cc: 20691@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) Vasilij Schneidermann writes: > "M-: 5 7 RET" displays "57 (#o71, #x39, ?9) in the echo area. Indeed, I was wrong, sorry. I don't know what was intended, but I guess it's a docbug. Nico. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Jun 25 10:34:08 2015 Received: (at 20691) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Jun 2015 14:34:08 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57340 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z88EB-0003xs-B4 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 10:34:08 -0400 Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:39966) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z88E8-0003xN-KK for 20691@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 10:34:05 -0400 Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NQI008008A20T00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for 20691@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 17:33:05 +0300 (IDT) Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NQI007WQ8F5PJ80@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 17:33:05 +0300 (IDT) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 17:32:58 +0300 From: Eli Zaretskii Subject: Re: bug#20691: 24.5; `eval-expression' doesn't conform to its docstring In-reply-to: <86lhf8hzg5.fsf@members.fsf.org> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il To: Nicolas Richard Message-id: <83fv5feu3p.fsf@gnu.org> References: <871thzya5b.fsf@yahoo.fr> <20150625075816.GA1639@odonien.bevuta.com> <86lhf8hzg5.fsf@members.fsf.org> X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 20691 Cc: 20691@debbugs.gnu.org, v.schneidermann@gmail.com X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) > From: Nicolas Richard > Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:09:14 +0200 > Cc: 20691@debbugs.gnu.org > > Vasilij Schneidermann writes: > > "M-: 5 7 RET" displays "57 (#o71, #x39, ?9) in the echo area. > > Indeed, I was wrong, sorry. I don't know what was intended, but I guess > it's a docbug. Yes, we should fix the documentation. The code was working like since longer than I can remember. 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[206.188.64.44]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id o15sm2630650ith.2.2016.08.12.17.56.52 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Fri, 12 Aug 2016 17:56:53 -0700 (PDT) From: npostavs@users.sourceforge.net To: Eli Zaretskii Subject: Re: bug#20691: 24.5; `eval-expression' doesn't conform to its docstring References: <871thzya5b.fsf@yahoo.fr> <20150625075816.GA1639@odonien.bevuta.com> <86lhf8hzg5.fsf@members.fsf.org> <83fv5feu3p.fsf@gnu.org> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 20:57:02 -0400 In-Reply-To: <83fv5feu3p.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Thu, 25 Jun 2015 17:32:58 +0300") Message-ID: <87twepwko1.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 20691 Cc: 20691@debbugs.gnu.org, v.schneidermann@gmail.com, Nicolas Richard X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) tags 20691 fixed close 20691 25.1 quit Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Nicolas Richard >> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:09:14 +0200 >> Cc: 20691@debbugs.gnu.org >> >> Vasilij Schneidermann writes: >> > "M-: 5 7 RET" displays "57 (#o71, #x39, ?9) in the echo area. >> >> Indeed, I was wrong, sorry. I don't know what was intended, but I guess >> it's a docbug. > > Yes, we should fix the documentation. The code was working like since > longer than I can remember. I fixed it in 06952353 "Fix docstring of eval-expression". From unknown Thu Jun 19 14:03:08 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 11:24:04 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator