GNU bug report logs - #6576
documentation `string-to-char' is incorrect

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: MON KEY <monkey <at> sandpframing.com>

Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 21:35:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, monkey <at> sandpframing.com, schwab <at> linux-m68k.org, 6576 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6576: documentation `string-to-char' is incorrect
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:13:02 -0400

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

> I've now installed a slight variation on this in Emacs 24.
>
> But after checking it in, I started wondering whether this doc string
> really makes sense.  The function returns an Emacs character, and it
> would be rather weird if all functions that take or return an Emacs
> character goes through that entire explanation.
>
> Is there a specific reason this particular function deserves this
> detailed explanation?

How bout linking to the `String and Character Basics' node in the Elisp
manual instead?
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