GNU bug report logs - #58423
29.0.50; Weird behavior of string-edit

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>

Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2022 23:41:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 29.0.50

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

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From: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>, 58423 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#58423: 29.0.50; Weird behavior of string-edit
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 23:40:16 +1300

On 2022-10-11 13:36, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> That function isn't defined as having any particular return value,
> so that's as good a value as any.

Is it really, though?

How about returning the edited string (or nil if aborted)?  Then it
would be possible to use `string-edit' as a method of interactively
obtaining a string value.

Surely that's a useful-and-therefore-better return value (which
can then be documented).
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