GNU bug report logs - #59779
string-equal-ignore-case's docstring is misleading

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Nicolas Graner <nicolas <at> graner.name>

Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2022 16:58:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Nicolas Graner <nicolas <at> graner.name>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org 
Subject: string-equal-ignore-case's docstring is misleading
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2022 17:57:15 +0100

The docstring for string-equal-ignore-case reads:
  Like ‘string-equal’, but case-insensitive.

However, string-equal accepts symbols and strings as arguments, while
string-equal-ignore-case accepts only strings. This can be confusing to
people familiar with string-equal.

Either string-equal-ignore-case should be made to accept symbols as
arguments, or the doc should be clarified.

Nicolas
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