GNU bug report logs - #6591
24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch'

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Andreas Schwab'" <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 'Chong Yidong' <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>, 6591 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 'Eli Zaretskii' <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 'Richard Stallman' <rms <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch'
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:31:45 -0700

> BODY... or FORM... or SEXP... or whatever you call it matches the
> arguments that follow TAG.

OK, that's also Eli's interpretation of `...'.
In that case, BODY is _not_ repeated (repeatable).
And in that case, FORM... or SEXP... would not be appropriate.
The body is not a sexp.

This interpretation of `...' is unconventional, atypical.  Outside Emacs, `...'
typically means repetition of what it follows - in this case BODY.  It's fine
for Emacs to have an unusual syntax convention, but it needs to be documented.

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