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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Gerard Vermeulen <gerard.vermeulen <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 71879 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#71879: 30.0.60; Docstring error in NOERROR argument part of re-search-forward
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 20:30:12 +0300

> Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 16:13:38 +0000
> From: Gerard Vermeulen <gerard.vermeulen <at> posteo.net>
> 
> Hello,
> 
> The last "if" clause in the NOERROR part of the re-search-forward 
> docstring
> is wrong.
> 
> It reads "if it is neither nil nor t, move to the limit of search and 
> return nil."
> 
> but if NOERROR equals neither nil nor t re-search-forward returns
> the start position of the match (when found) or nil (when no match
> found).

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.

> By the way: using the-the finds a duplication "is is" in the NEWS
> file but I am unsure whether this merits a bug report.

Fixed, thanks.

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