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24.0.50; `make-directory' return value

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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 6397 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6397: 24.0.50; `make-directory' return value
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:22:54 +0200

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> I think it should return non-nil (e.g. the directory name) if the
> creation succeeds and nil if it fails without error.  And that should be
> documented.  Or if it always raises an error when it does not create a
> directory, that's OK too, but that should then be documented.

So you want the doc string to say that it will raise an error if there's
an error?  Ok, I've now done that.

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