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27.2; Buffer-local functions? Buffers specified buffer-locally?

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: "51930 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <51930 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#51930: [External] : Re: bug#51930: 27.2; Buffer-local functions? Buffers specified buffer-locally?
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2021 17:12:53 +0000

> I think "Functions specified buffer-locally" is an unusual way to say
> "the buffer-local value of window-buffer-change-functions"

To put it mildly.  And it _doesn't_ say that,
at all.  There's no way to legitimately read
it as saying that.

> -- if indeed that's what it's trying to say.

Yes.  It's a question any reader will pose:
What is it trying to say?

> I think rewriting this in a less passive voice
> would be a good idea:
> 
> ---
> Functions specified buffer-locally

That has the same problem.  A reader asks,
What are they trying to say?  What does it
mean for a _function_ to be specified
buffer-locally?  Means nothing, so far.

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