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26.1; Please consider adding a doc string for `extended-command-history'

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Message #14 received at 35228 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
Cc: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, 35228 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35228: 26.1; Please consider adding a doc string for
 `extended-command-history'
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 16:45:36 +0200

"Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie> writes:

> How's the following?

[...]

> -(defvar extended-command-history nil)
> +(defvar extended-command-history nil
> +  "History list for extended command name arguments.
> +It is used by `execute-extended-command', and its maximum length
> +is determined by the value of `history-length', which see.")

I kinda think this is unnecessary -- we have a gazillion history
variables in Emacs, and adding doc strings to them all is pretty
pointless -- it's self-evident what they're used for.

So I'm closing this bug report.

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