GNU bug report logs - #25462
Out of date doc string for "`".

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>

Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 21:32:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #29 received at 25462 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: 25462 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25462: Out of date doc string for "`".
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 09:12:37 -0700

Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de> writes:

> Hello, Emacs.
>
> The doc string for "`" has become partial.
>
> It fails to mention that "`" has a radically different meaning when used
> in certain parts of a `pcase', and probably quite a few other similar
> macros.

How about adding this at the very end of the ` docstring:

    Note that some macros, such as `pcase', change the meaning of this
    symbol.
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