GNU bug report logs - #62027
Subject: 29.0.60; Breaking change in forward-sentence/backward-sentence

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Message #58 received at 62027-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: simenheg <at> runbox.com, 62027-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr,
 mardani29 <at> yahoo.es
Subject: Re: [External] : bug#62027: Subject: 29.0.60; Breaking change in
 forward-sentence/backward-sentence
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2023 21:46:24 +0200

> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> CC: "manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr" <manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr>,
>         "simenheg <at> runbox.com"
> 	<simenheg <at> runbox.com>,
>         "62027-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org"
> 	<62027-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,
>         "mardani29 <at> yahoo.es" <mardani29 <at> yahoo.es>
> Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2023 17:52:54 +0000
> 
> > > Yes, but _both_ should mention the return value.
> > > And not just "to prevent this from happening again."
> > > Documenting this helps users use the functions.
> > 
> > Not when the value is a simple consequence
> > of the implementation, no.
> 
> Are you suggesting that to discover that
> the position is returned users need to check
> the implementation to see what's returned?

No.

And sorry, I cannot afford reading all that you wrote in response to
my 2 sentences.  It's too much.

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