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29.4; Doc of string-empty-p

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Message #8 received at 76055 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 76055 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#76055: 29.4; Doc of string-empty-p
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:12:29 +0200

> Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2025 20:28:00 +0000
> From:  Drew Adams via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> 
> The doc string should tell you that it treats a symbol for arg STRING,
> instead of a string, by checking its `symbol-name'.  E.g., like what is
> done for `string=':
> 
>  Symbols are also allowed; their print names are used instead.
> 
> This should be done for _each_ function where a string is said to be the
> expected arg but where we also allow a symbol.

I'm not sure we want to advertise this, certainly not "for _each_
function".  Who says this is not a side effect of the particular
implementation, which can therefore be changed without notice?

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