[debbugs-tracker] bug#24222: closed (24.5; Elisp `Standard Errors' and `Classifying Lists')

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> 24.5; Elisp `Standard Errors' and `Classifying Lists'
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> Sat, 13 Aug 2016 19:34:48 -0700 (PDT)
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> In node `Standard Errors', for error `wrong-number-of-arguments', the only 
> description is "See Classifying Lists."  OK, so we click that link to find out 
> what this error type means...
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> Node `Classifying Lists' we see some odd introductory text telling us to expect 
> that "below" (in this node, presumably, as that is all we see at this point) we 
> will find descriptions of the three kinds of forms (function call, macro call, 
> special form).
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> But there are no such descriptions.  Huh?
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> And just where do we find a description of a `wrong-number-of-arguments'
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> This doc bug is _very_ old, dating back to at least Emacs 20.
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> In GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
>  of 2015-04-11 on LEG570
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
> Configured using:
>  `configure --prefix=/c/usr --host=i686-pc-mingw32'
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> Re: bug#24222: 24.5; Elisp `Standard Errors' and `Classifying Lists'
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> > Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2016 19:37:57 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Drew Adams <address@hidden>
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> > `wrong-number-of-arguments' is an index entry, with target node `Argument 
> > List'.  Perhaps that would be a better target in `Standard Errors', instead 
> > of `Classifying Lists'.
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> I couldn't find a better place for this index entry.  Instead, I added
> a cross-reference to "Standard Errors".
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> > In node `Standard Errors', for error `wrong-number-of-arguments', the only 
> > description is "See Classifying Lists."  OK, so we click that link to find 
> > out what this error type means...
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> > Node `Classifying Lists' we see some odd introductory text telling us to 
> > expect that "below" (in this node, presumably, as that is all we see at this 
> > point) we will find descriptions of the three kinds of forms (function call, 
> > macro call, special form).
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> > But there are no such descriptions.  Huh?
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> > And just where do we find a description of a `wrong-number-of-arguments'
> > error?
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> > This doc bug is _very_ old, dating back to at least Emacs 20.
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> I changed the cross-reference to go to Argument List" instead.
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