Re: [Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r104642: * src/process.c (Fset_process_buffer): Clarify return value in docstring.

[Stefan Monnier]

> What about `display-buffer'? It certainly exists for its side effect,
> but it returns the window, a fact which is both documented and used.
> If it were a new function, would you oppose doing so?

No, I do not systematically oppose side-effecting functions which return
a value as well.  That would be much too drastic (e.g. how would you
figure out which window was used by `display-buffer'?).
I;.e. the return value is really indispensable.  Contrast this with
set-process-buffer whose return value is always available to the caller
before even calling it.


        Stefan