[Emacs-bug-tracker] bug#9259: closed (extra line in "unless" docstring?)

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> extra line in "unless" docstring?
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> Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:13:06 +0800
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> unless is a Lisp macro in `subr.el'.
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> (unless COND BODY...)
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> If COND yields nil, do BODY, else return nil. <--------what is this line doing 
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> When COND yields nil, eval BODY forms sequentially and return
> value of last one, or nil if there are none.
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> Re: bug#9259: extra line in "unless" docstring?
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> Mon, 8 Aug 2011 15:51:15 +0200
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> > (unless COND BODY...)
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> > If COND yields nil, do BODY, else return nil. <--------what is this line 
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> The same happens for `when', BTW.
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> It's not a bug. Most docstrings are written so the first line provides
> a summary of the corresponding function/macro/special form/variable.
> This makes the output of apropos more useful.
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>     Juanma
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