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[PATCH] Fix typo in doc string of file-exists-p

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Message #11 received at 36408 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 36408 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#36408: [PATCH] Fix typo in doc string of file-exists-p
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 08:38:55 -0700 (PDT)

> > -       doc: /* Return t if file FILENAME exists (whether or not you
> > can read it.)
> > +       doc: /* Return t if file FILENAME exists (whether or not you
> > can read it).
> 
> AFAIK, this is a long-standing stylistic issue.  I'm not sure what
> people prefer or whether we should insist on consistency in these
> cases.

FWIW: There's no stylistic issue here.  The first
is incorrect; the second is correct.  You won't
find any style guide that would opt for or approve
of the former: "___ ___ (__ __.)".  That's not even
a sentence.

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