GNU bug report logs - #50646
28.0.50; narrow-to-defun sometimes narrows to wrong defun

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Message #58 received at 50646 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
Cc: "50646 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <50646 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,
 "arthur.miller <at> live.com" <arthur.miller <at> live.com>
Subject: RE: [External] : bug#50646: 28.0.50; narrow-to-defun sometimes
 narrows to wrong defun
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 15:25:06 +0000

> Something like
> 
>   This is contrary to other functions, like `insert-file-contents',
>   which may modify a buffer in several ways after ...

[very minor nit]:

Use "such as", not "like", here.

"Such as" explicitly includes `insert-file-contents'
among the "other functions".  "Like" does not
necessarily include it.

But in practice, many, maybe most, people don't and
won't make/understand/notice the difference.

https://www.grammarbank.com/such-as-vs-like.html

https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/vs/how-such-as-vs-like-are-different-and-which-to-choose.html

https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/like-versus-such-as

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