GNU bug report logs - #3888
Some variables get the wrong, platform-specific, documentation

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:35:05 UTC

Severity: normal

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

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: 3888 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#3888: Some variables get the wrong, platform-specific, documentation
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:18:27 -0400

> I think, as a temporary solution, we should make the docstrings of all
> the affected functions and variables the same.  If necessary, they can
> say somehthing like, "On Windows, this does X.  On Nexstep, this does
> Y", and so on.

That sounds OK as a quick temporary solution.  The longer-term solution
is to say that such variables defined in various places are bugs.
I.e. the definition should be moved to a common file.


        Stefan
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