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25.1.50; doc string of `tags-query-replace' - wrong signature

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From: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 24312 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24312: 25.1.50;
 doc string of `tags-query-replace' - wrong signature
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 22:38:13 -0400

tags 24312 - wontfix
fixed 24312 25.1
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Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

>> >  Fifth and sixth arguments START and END are accepted, for compatibility
>> >  with ‘query-replace-regexp’, and ignored.
>> 
>> AFAICT, the doc is wrong, because the arguments are not
>> accepted/ignored. Did I miss something?
>> 
>> (let ((from 1)(to 2)(delimited 3)(file-list-form 4)(start 5)(end 6))
>>   (tags-query-replace from to delimited file-list-form start end)) ;=>
>> Wrong number of arguments: (2 . 4), 6
>
> Good catch.  So presumably, assuming that the code behaves as intended,
> that sentence should just be removed from the doc.

Done in 17197d0a "Fix tags-query-replace docstring".

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