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28.1; `minibuffer-with-setup-hook' with :append

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Message #59 received at 59559 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 59559 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: Re: bug#59559: 28.1; `minibuffer-with-setup-hook' with :append
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2023 21:27:34 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> All of your suggestions just muddy the water, making a clear doc
> string confusing and risking the user's interpreting that like some
> kind of black magic is going on here.
>
> The current doc string is clear and easy to understand and use.

I don't think we will find a version that makes us all happy.  I was
actually fine with the original version:

While the syntax of this macro is a bit unusual, with the background of
the terminology used in the rest of Emacs the description allows only
one interpretation: when we say that the argument (of a macro) is of a
certain form, the unevaluated s-exp is meant.  Else we explicitly say
that the value or evaluation result should have certain properties.

Michael.

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