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describe-variable 'save-some-buffers-action-alist gives byte code

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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Cc: 3631 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#3631: describe-variable 'save-some-buffers-action-alist gives byte code
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:18:58 +0200

jidanni <at> jidanni.org writes:

> $ emacs-snapshot -eval '(describe-variable (quote save-some-buffers-action-alist))'
> 1. the user is presented with byte code.

Yes...  the alist contains code.  Its an alist of actions.

> 2. there is no mention of save-some-buffers in the docstring.
>
> I mean
> $ emacs-snapshot -eval '(describe-function (quote save-some-buffers))'
> says
>   See `save-some-buffers-action-alist' if you want to
>   change the additional actions you can take on files.

Yes?  `save-some-buffers' points to how to modify its actions.  Pointing
the other way around wouldn't be very useful.

I don't think there's anything here to fix.

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