GNU bug report logs - #48063
28.0.50: apropos-value{,-internal}: suppress false positives

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>

Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 15:18:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed, patch

Found in version 28.0.50

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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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>
Cc: 48063 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#48063: 28.0.50: apropos-value{,-internal}: suppress false positives
Date: Sun, 02 May 2021 10:23:12 +0200

Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com> writes:

> Function apropos-value will always return false positive, some of which
> entail printing out very long variable value strings. The attached patch
> apropos-value.patch fixes those cases. The second patch just changes
> what seems to be an indentation bug in the function.

Thanks; applied to Emacs 28.  (This makes the command a lot more
useful -- these false positives have always annoyed me.)

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