GNU bug report logs - #6438
run-hooks-with-arg-until-failure could/should specify what it returns

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:10:03 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: Emacs Bugs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: run-hooks-with-arg-until-failure could/should specify what it returns
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:08:57 +0200

AFAICS run-hooks-with-arg-until-failure currently returns the last
value computed.

This seems quite useable. Is there any reason not to tell this in the
doc string?
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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 6438 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: run-hooks-with-arg-until-failure could/should specify what it
	returns
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 03:53:42 +0200

Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com> writes:

> AFAICS run-hooks-with-arg-until-failure currently returns the last
> value computed.
>
> This seems quite useable. Is there any reason not to tell this in the
> doc string?

This function now (in Emacs 24) returns either nil or t only, so that's
not correct any more.

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