GNU bug report logs - #36408
[PATCH] Fix typo in doc string of file-exists-p

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Message #19 received at 36408-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: stefan <at> marxist.se, 36408-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36408: [PATCH] Fix typo in doc string of file-exists-p
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 10:38:42 +0300

> From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: stefan <at> marxist.se, 36408 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 23:19:03 -0400
> 
>   > > -       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).
> 
> In this case, the latter is correct.  You put a period inside the
> parentheses only when its contents consist of complete sentences.

Thanks, I pushed Stefan's patch to the emacs-26 branch.

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