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[PATCH] Point out the default value of FRAME in the `set-face-*' functions.

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From: Hong Xu <hong <at> topbug.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 24879 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24879: [PATCH] Point out the default value of FRAME in the
 `set-face-*' functions.
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2016 01:17:38 -0700

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On 2016-11-04 Fri 14:31 GMT-0700, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> Do we really need to tell people that an omitted argument defaults to
> nil?  And if we do, why in this section?

Hmm, I didn't notice that we don't say optional args are default to nil
in the doc. Never mind, we should close this bug.

Despite that, I sort of see some confusion in the doc when mentioning
optional args: Sometimes we say "omitted or nil" (e.g.,
face-all-attributes FRAME arg), sometimes we just say "nil" (e.g.,
face-attribute FRAME arg). Perhaps more consistency is less confusing.

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