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string-equal-ignore-case's docstring is misleading

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#59779: closed (string-equal-ignore-case's docstring is
 misleading)
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2022 17:10:02 +0000

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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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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Nicolas Graner <nicolas <at> graner.name>
Cc: 59779-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#59779: string-equal-ignore-case's docstring is misleading
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2022 19:08:54 +0200

> From: Nicolas Graner <nicolas <at> graner.name>
> 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.

I fixed the documentation, thanks.

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