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26.0.50; Bad signature for alist-get in elisp manual

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: a.lloyd.flanagan <at> gmail.com (A. Lloyd Flanagan)
Subject: bug#24740: closed (Re: bug#24740: 26.0.50; Bad signature for
 alist-get in elisp manual)
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 18:13:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#24740: 26.0.50; Bad signature for alist-get in elisp manual

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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: a.lloyd.flanagan <at> gmail.com (A. Lloyd Flanagan)
Cc: 24740-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24740: 26.0.50; Bad signature for alist-get in elisp manual
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 21:12:00 +0300

> From: a.lloyd.flanagan <at> gmail.com (A. Lloyd Flanagan)
> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 13:01:51 -0400
> 
> In the elisp manual, section "Association Lists", the function alist-get
> is shown with the signature:
> 
> Function: alist-get key value &optional default remove
> 
> but it should be
> 
> Function: alist-get key alist &optional default remove

Thanks, fixed on the emacs-25 branch.

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From: a.lloyd.flanagan <at> gmail.com (A. Lloyd Flanagan)
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 26.0.50; Bad signature for alist-get in elisp manual
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 13:01:51 -0400

In the elisp manual, section "Association Lists", the function alist-get
is shown with the signature:

Function: alist-get key value &optional default remove

but it should be

Function: alist-get key alist &optional default remove

index e7a739f..bacf036 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/lists.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/lists.texi
@@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@ Association Lists
 @end smallexample
 @end defun
 
-@defun alist-get key value &optional default remove
+@defun alist-get key alist &optional default remove
 This function is like @code{assq}, but instead of returning the entire
 association for @var{key}, @code{(@var{key} . @var{value})}, it
 returns just the @var{value}.  If @var{key} is not found in



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