GNU bug report logs - #45438
27.1; please fix misleading documentation for assoc-delete-all

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Hendrik Tews <hendrik.tews <at> kernkonzept.com>

Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 22:14:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 27.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Hendrik Tews <hendrik.tews <at> kernkonzept.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 45438 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#45438: 27.1; please fix misleading documentation for assoc-delete-all
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2020 22:17:29 +0100

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

> assoc-delete-all has a convoluted history -- it was introduced in 1999,

The function introduced in July 1999 by Dave Love compared
elements with eq - it was definitely not assoc-delete-all, even
though it shared the same name for a couple of month.

Hendrik
This bug report was last modified 4 years and 238 days ago.

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