GNU bug report logs - #35361
26.2; doc string of `read-buffer'

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

Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 15:10:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 26.2

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 35361-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 35361-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35361: 26.2; doc string of `read-buffer'
Date: Sat, 04 May 2019 12:47:58 +0300

> Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 15:02:37 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> 
> The doc string does not tell you what the completion candidates are
> (they are apparently singleton conses with car a buffer name).  So
> it is impossible for a user to know what kind of PREDICATEs to define, 
> i.e., what kinds of completion candidates are to be accepted as arg
> and tested.

Thanks, fixed.
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