GNU bug report logs - #24543
25.1; describe-symbol doesn't show face with same name as a variable

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alex <agrambot <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2016 18:50:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.1

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #25 received at 24543-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Alex <agrambot <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 24543-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24543: 25.1;
 describe-symbol doesn't show face with same name as a variable
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2017 11:53:00 +0300

> From: Alex <agrambot <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: 24543 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 14:45:24 -0600
> 
> > if so, could it break some of the users of this function out there?
> 
> Potentially, but I don't see that being an issue in this case. The
> return value isn't documented, so users shouldn't be (and likely aren't)
> relying on describe-face always returning nil. It makes more sense to
> treat describe-face like describe-{function, variable}.

OK, I pushed the changes.

Thanks.
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