GNU bug report logs - #28736
24.5; doc of `push'

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2017 02:58:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug, wontfix

Found in version 24.5

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 28736 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 28736 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28736: 24.5; doc of `push'
Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2017 21:13:15 +0300
> Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2017 10:48:32 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: 28736 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > > The right question is why is it a problem to document this?
> > 
> > <Shrug> Because we don't want to guarantee the return value won't
> > change in the future?
> 
> Are you sure?

No.

> When was that decided?

I don't know if it was decided and when, I was just wondering whether
the lack of documentation is deliberate or an omission.

> Just now?

That's uncalled-for.

> And why "<Shrug>"?  I wonder if your answer might have been
> different if a different person had filed this bug...

Why would you wonder about that?  Have I ever treated your bug reports
different from anyone else's?




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