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23.0.91; Documentation of clear-abbrev-table seems wrong

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:00:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 2515-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.91; Documentation of clear-abbrev-table seems wrong
Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:24:50 -0500

> ,----[ (info "(elisp)Abbrev Tables") ]
> |  -- clear-abbrev-table table
> |      This function undefines all the abbrevs in abbrev table TABLE,
> |      leaving it empty.  It always returns `nil'.
> `----
>
> However after experimenting with it, I have the impression that it
> returns the number of abbrevs being cleared.

I've changed the code to ensure that clear-abbrev-table always returns
nil, as it did in Emacs 22.  Thanks.
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