GNU bug report logs - #8452
24.0.50; doc of `pp' and related functions

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 17:31:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #18 received at 8452 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 8452 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8452: 24.0.50; doc of `pp' and related functions
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2011 17:48:30 +0200
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> 1. Users should not need to dive into the `pp' source code to discover
> its behavior.  The doc string should describe that.  And its behavior
> is designed to change with these vars.  Those behavior differences
> need to be pointed out.

Not even `princ' describes what is does with the myriad `print-*'
variables.  I think the assumption is that someone who uses the Lisp
printer are aware that these things exist, and repeating it in all the
print-related function is unnecessary.

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