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30.0.60; Docstring error in NOERROR argument part of re-search-forward

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Message #16 received at 71879-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Gerard Vermeulen <gerard.vermeulen <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 71879-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#71879: 30.0.60; Docstring error in NOERROR argument part of
 re-search-forward
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2024 13:23:12 +0300

> Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 17:48:18 +0000
> From: Gerard Vermeulen <gerard.vermeulen <at> posteo.net>
> Cc: 71879 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> On 01.07.2024 19:30, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > The full text of that part is as follows:
> > 
> >   The optional third argument NOERROR indicates how errors are handled
> >     when the search fails.  If it is nil or omitted, emit an error; if
> >     it is t, simply return nil and do nothing; if it is neither nil nor
> >     t, move to the limit of search and return nil.
> > 
> > Note the first sentence of the paragraph: this entire paragraph
> > describes how NOERROR affects the case when the search _fails_.  Thus,
> > the situation where the search succeeds is not relevant to the above
> > part of the doc string.
> > 
> > So I think this text is accurate and correct.
> > 
> Yes, I agree that the paragraph can be read like this.

I've modified the doc string a bit to make this intent more clear, and
I'm therefore closing the bug.

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