[debbugs-tracker] bug#12270: closed (24.1.50; (elisp) Syntax Descriptors: "second character, if present")

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has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #12270,
regarding 24.1.50; (elisp) Syntax Descriptors: "second character, if present"
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> 24.1.50; (elisp) Syntax Descriptors: "second character, if present"
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> Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:45:17 -0700
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> This text does not seem correct to me.  At least it seems unclear.
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>  "The first character in a syntax descriptor must be a syntax class
>   designator character.  The second character, if present, specifies a
>   matching character (e.g. in Lisp, the matching character for `(' is
>   `)'); a space specifies that there is no matching character."
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> How can the second char be absent if the third char is present?  It is
> wrong to speak of a char being "present" here, AFAICT.  What should be
> said instead of "present" is non-space:
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>  "The second character, if not a space, specifies..."
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> In GNU Emacs 24.1.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
>  of 2012-08-13 on MARVIN
> Bzr revision: 109584 address@hidden
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
> Configured using:
>  `configure --with-gcc (4.6) --no-opt --enable-checking --cflags
>  -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.8/include
>  -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.8/src
>  -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libpng-dev_1.4.3-1/include
>  -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/zlib-dev_1.2.5-2/include
>  -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/giflib-4.1.4-1/include
>  -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/jpeg-6b-4/include
>  -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/tiff-3.8.2-1/include
>  -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/gnutls-3.0.9/include
>  -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libiconv-1.13.1-1-dev/include
>  -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libxml2-2.7.8/include/libxml2'
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> Re: bug#12270: 24.1.50;	(elisp) Syntax Descriptors: "second character, if present"
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> Sat, 25 Aug 2012 23:26:50 +0200
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> Thus nothing to fix here.
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> Andreas.
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