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24.5; (newline 0) fails when point not after newline

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dan Torop <dant <at> pnym.net>
Cc: 22490-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 24.5; (newline 0) fails when point not after newline
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 21:35:07 +0200

> From: Dan Torop <dant <at> pnym.net>
> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 13:46:47 -0500
> 
> The function "newline" with an argument of 0 will fail unless called
> when the character before the point is a newline. To test, start a new
> Emacs session, type space, then evaluate "(newline 0)". It should
> fail with a backtrace:
> 
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (cl-assertion-failed (eq 10
> (char-before)))

Thanks, I fixed this for the upcoming Emacs 25.1.

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