GNU bug report logs - #73886
29.4; Confusing info about void function cells in Emacs Lisp manual

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>

Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 14:39:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.4

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 73886 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ulrich Müller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 73886 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#73886: 29.4; Confusing info about void function cells in
 Emacs Lisp manual
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 23:07:37 +0200

>>>>> On Sat, 19 Oct 2024, Andreas Schwab wrote:

> On Okt 19 2024, Ulrich Müller wrote:
>> Is the manual wrong, or am I missing something?

> That changed in commit eadf1faa3cb, but the manual wasn't updated.

Then the respective docstrings are also outdated, i.e. the term "void"
shouldn't occur in any of these:

   (fboundp SYMBOL)
   Return t if SYMBOL’s function definition is not void.

   (fmakunbound SYMBOL)
   Make SYMBOL’s function definition be void.
   Return SYMBOL.

   (symbol-function SYMBOL)
   Return SYMBOL’s function definition, or nil if that is void.
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