Subject: Re: bug#7835: 24.0.50; doc string of `overlay-put' needs to mention the return value

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:29:49 +0200

Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]> writes:

>>> Like the Elisp manual, the doc string of `overlay-put' needs to mention
>>> that it returns its 3rd arg.
>
> Actually, the right fix would be to not document it.

Knowing that you're able to say

  (push (overlay-put ... ... (get-some-value)) list)

sounds useful to me.

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