GNU bug report logs - #29838
26.0; Elisp manual: describe standard-error sexps

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2017 17:28:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 26.0

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 29838 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 29838 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#29838: 26.0; Elisp manual: describe standard-error sexps
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2017 10:54:31 -0800 (PST)

I think this is the main point: Users can easily see
(only) a message that shows a sexp, such as
`(args-out-of-range 9 9)', about which they have no
information.

If users never saw such messages then perhaps there
would be no need to describe such things as
`(args-out-of-range 9 9)'.  If they saw only nice
error messages such as "Args out of range: [1 2 3 4], -1"
then there would be no such problem.

If Emacs can be fixed so that users never see such
undescribed and unobvious messages then great.
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