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29.4; dired-get-marked-files docstring is incorrect

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From: Sean McAfee <eefacm <at> gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, 79042 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [External] : bug#79042: 29.4;
 dired-get-marked-files docstring is incorrect
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:39:52 -0700

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On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> wrote:

> Good find!
>
> It's not a doc bug, it's a product bug - a regression
> introduced in Emacs 29.  In prior versions it works
> as the doc says: (dired-get-marked-files nil 'marked)
> returns the file name on the current line.
>

Wait, so dired-get-marked-files isn't *supposed* to be able to distinguish
between
a single explicitly marked file and no files being marked?  But that's
information
that I need.  How do I get it, if not with dired-get-marked-files?

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