GNU bug report logs - #28957
26.0; doc string of `dired-move-to-filename'

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

Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 18:45:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 26.0

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

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 26.0; doc string of `dired-move-to-filename'
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 11:44:31 -0700 (PDT)

Please describe the parameters, RAISE-ERROR and EOL, in the doc string.

In GNU Emacs 26.0.90 (build 3, x86_64-w64-mingw32)
 of 2017-10-13
Repository revision: 906224eba147bdfc0514090064e8e8f53160f1d4
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
 `configure --without-dbus --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32
 --without-compress-install 'CFLAGS=-O2 -static -g3''
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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 28957 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28957: 26.0; doc string of `dired-move-to-filename'
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2018 21:10:22 +0200

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> Please describe the parameters, RAISE-ERROR and EOL, in the doc string.

Nah.  Those parameters are so obscure that you'd have to put the entire
function in the doc string to explain them.  Especially RAISE-ERROR.

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 28957 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#28957: 26.0; doc string of `dired-move-to-filename'
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2018 15:39:27 -0700 (PDT)

> > Please describe the parameters, RAISE-ERROR and EOL, in the doc string.
> 
> Nah.  Those parameters are so obscure that you'd have to put the entire
> function in the doc string to explain them.  Especially RAISE-ERROR.

That's a cop-out, and it flouts Emacs convention.  Users
deserve better.

Your comment is of course welcome.  But closing the bug
is inappropriate - c'est un bug.

If you don't want to fix it, or you don't know how, why
not at least leave it open for someone else to fix who
might want to and knows how?

Are you not finding enough Gnus bugs to close? ;-)
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