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26.3; doc of `kill-emacs' optional ARG

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: bug#42400: closed (Re: bug#42400: 26.3; doc of `kill-emacs'
 optional ARG)
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 14:56:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#42400: 26.3; doc of `kill-emacs' optional ARG

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 42400 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 42400-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: Re: bug#42400: 26.3; doc of `kill-emacs' optional ARG
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 17:55:17 +0300

> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 19:34:40 +0200
> Cc: 42400 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> >>>>> On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 08:25:55 -0700 (PDT), Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> said:
> 
>     Drew> Both the Emacs and Elisp manuals describe the behavior of ARG as an
>     Drew> integer or a string.  But what about anything else?
> 
>     Drew> In `startup.el', `edt-mapper.el', and `tpu-edt.el', for example, we find
>     Drew> (kill-emacs t).  How is someone to understand this code?
> 
> Itʼs equivalent to exit'ing with EXIT_SUCCESS, without having to worry
> about the value of '0' on your platform :-) Not sure how weʼd express
> that in the docstring.

I've documented it now, thanks.

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 26.3; doc of `kill-emacs' optional ARG
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 08:25:55 -0700 (PDT)

Both the Emacs and Elisp manuals describe the behavior of ARG as an
integer or a string.  But what about anything else?

In `startup.el', `edt-mapper.el', and `tpu-edt.el', for example, we find
(kill-emacs t).  How is someone to understand this code?

In GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32)
 of 2019-08-29
Repository revision: 96dd0196c28bc36779584e47fffcca433c9309cd
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 10.0.18362
Configured using:
 `configure --without-dbus --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32
 --without-compress-install 'CFLAGS=-O2 -static -g3''

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