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[PATCH] Make forward and backward-to-word arg optional

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Message #28 received at 63626-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: zazbrown <at> zazbrown.com, dalanicolai <at> gmail.com, 63626-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#63626: [PATCH] Make forward and backward-to-word arg optional
Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 16:15:57 +0300

> From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  Zaz Brown <zazbrown <at> zazbrown.com>,
>   63626 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 19:46:59 +0300
> 
> > I have no opinion about how this 'should work'.
> > I was just confused by the docstring, and I assumed from the docstring,
> > that the intention was for the argument to be optional like in
> > forward-word/line
> 
> Aren't all forward-like commands more permissive and allow their arg
> to be optional?  It looks like the standard signature, e.g.:

Thanks for the feedback, all of you.  I've now installed those changes
on the master branch, and I'm therefore closing this bug.

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