GNU bug report logs - #27494
24.5; doc of `add-to-history'

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 00:09:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.5

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.5; doc of `add-to-history'
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2017 17:08:18 -0700 (PDT)

Both doc string and Elisp manual:

The doc should say that when MAXELT is exceeded the oldest history
element is discarded.  Yes, one might surmise that from the meaning of
"history" ,and from assuming that the new element is always added,
even if the history is full (up to MAXELT).  Still, it is better to be
explicit.

In GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
 of 2015-04-11 on LEG570
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
 `configure --prefix=/c/usr --host=i686-pc-mingw32'
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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 27494-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27494: 24.5; doc of `add-to-history'
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2017 11:36:43 +0300

> Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2017 17:08:18 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> 
> Both doc string and Elisp manual:
> 
> The doc should say that when MAXELT is exceeded the oldest history
> element is discarded.  Yes, one might surmise that from the meaning of
> "history" ,and from assuming that the new element is always added,
> even if the history is full (up to MAXELT).  Still, it is better to be
> explicit.

The ELisp manual already said that the values of maximum length have
the same meaning as those of 'history-length', so I just added the
same reference to the doc string.

Thanks.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 19 Aug 2017 11:24:06 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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