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

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

Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 15:53:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.0.50

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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 6591 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch'
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:38:36 +0300

> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: <6591 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 07:14:14 -0700
> 
> > BODY is by definition everything that follows TAG.  That's it.  Saying
> > that there are multiple BODYs breaks the model on which the entire
> > description is built.
> 
> Ah! Then the syntax should be (catch TAG . BODY) or similar.
                                          ^^^
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