Subject: bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch'

From: Andreas Schwab <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:14:41 +0200

"Drew Adams" <[email-masked]> writes:

> No better alternative?  Did you read the thread?  What about doing what the rest
> of the world does: (catch TAG FORM...)?

Just because you spell the body form does not make it any different
form.  The ellipses is already unambigous.

> What does "BODY forms" refer to: (1) a set of BODYs, each of which is a Lisp
> form, or (2) the set of Lisp forms that comprise a BODY.  The term "BODY forms"
> is ambiguous.  It can mean the forms that make up BODY or a list of forms each
> of which is a BODY.

This is _not_ a list, it is a repeated argument, not matter how you name
the parameter.  If it were a list it would be a single parameter.

Andreas.

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