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27.0.50; Lisp reference, "Accepting Output": Should describe what happens to standard error

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Philipp <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 35328 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#35328: 27.0.50; Lisp reference, "Accepting Output": Should describe what happens to standard error
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 10:12:47 +0300

> From: Philipp <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 21:36:50 +0200
> 
> The Emacs Lisp manual section "Accepting Output" now documents how to
> read all output from a process (thanks!).  However, the section still
> lacks some discussion what happens to standard error.  Specifically, it
> should answer the following questions:
> 
> Does the code
> (while (accept-process-output PROC))
> also ensure that all of the standard error has been read and passed to
> the filter/inserted into the buffer?

I don't think I understand why you say that node doesn't already
answer this question.  Why did you think standard error is special in
this regard?

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