GNU bug report logs - #25032
25.1; `bookmark-set-internal', `bookmark-set-no-overwrite'

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Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 00:22:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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 #19 received at 25032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 25032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: Re: bug#25032: 25.1;
 `bookmark-set-internal', `bookmark-set-no-overwrite'
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2019 19:48:34 +0300

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2019 07:27:34 +0200
> Cc: 25032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> +If OVERWRITE-OR-PUSH is nil, then raise an error if there is

We use "signal an error".

> +already a bookmark named NAME; if `overwrite', then replace any
> +existing bookmark if there is one; if `push' then push the new
> +bookmark onto the bookmark alist.

It is generally better to precede a description of several optional
behaviors with a short summary:

  OVERWRITE-OR-PUSH controls what happens if there is already a
  bookmark by that NAME: nil means signal an error, `overwrite' means
  replace the existing bookmark, `push' means ...
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