GNU bug report logs - #38365
26.3; The info doc of eieio-class-name is outdated and its value looks incorrect

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Xu Chunyang <xuchunyang56 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 21:33:37 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Merged with 38374

Found in version 26.3

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #13 received at 38365 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 38365 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Xu Chunyang <xuchunyang56 <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#38365: 26.3; The info doc of eieio-class-name is outdated
 and its value looks incorrect
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:44:38 -0500

>> however, these two functions are different. It seems eieio-class-name
>> contains a bug, the name suggests its value is a string, but it
>> returns a symbol.

FWIW, here a class's name is indeed a symbol: the "not a name" version
would be the class object itself (a struct).


        Stefan
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