GNU bug report logs - #58177
Return value of perform-replace and its documentation string

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ruy Exel <ruyexel <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 18:04:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #16 received at 58177 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 58177 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Ruy Exel <ruyexel <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#58177: Return value of perform-replace and its
 documentation string
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2022 14:09:58 +0200

Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> writes:

> Unfortunately, nil value is used to decide whether to continue
> to the next file in multi-buffer replacements.

Hm, right.  We could add Yet Another Parameter to change the return
value, but I'm not sure whether that would be valuable (especially since
there's already 11 parameter).

So I guess the only thing to do here is to fix the doc string, and I've
now done that in Emacs 29.
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