GNU bug report logs - #46088
26.3; doc string of `read-regexp'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 23:27:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 26.3

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #15 received at 46088 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: "46088 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <46088 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : Re: bug#46088: 26.3; doc string of `read-regexp'
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 02:48:07 +0000

> I've now tried to reformulate this in Emacs 28, but it's a case of the
> code being easier to read than trying to actually describe the
> semantics.

Thanks for trying.

FWIW, the doc in the Elisp manual is nearly as bad.
Also pretty comprehensible.  Beyond my pay grade, at least.

If the behavior is too complicated to explain, what's the point?  That suggests a behavior/design bug, not just a doc bug.  Clearly I can't judge that, because I don't understand what the behavior is.
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