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authorLars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2022-04-21 15:11:25 +0200
committerLars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2022-04-21 15:11:33 +0200
commit935f400a33d6ff0f5d61fc7ade688a4378613882 (patch)
treee79e252f6b877a0c9958eb64bff0d3df23388d6c
parent6a50ce949b6d15a40bce44ea1bfd313b086130f8 (diff)
downloademacs-935f400a33d6ff0f5d61fc7ade688a4378613882.tar.gz
Clarify cl-incf/decf doc strings
* lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-lib.el (cl-incf): (cl-decf): Clarify that nil isn't a valid value for X (bug#31715).
-rw-r--r--lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-lib.el10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-lib.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-lib.el
index 4e60a3c63d0..3f40ab07605 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-lib.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-lib.el
@@ -114,7 +114,10 @@ a future Emacs interpreter will be able to use it.")
(defmacro cl-incf (place &optional x)
"Increment PLACE by X (1 by default).
PLACE may be a symbol, or any generalized variable allowed by `setf'.
-The return value is the incremented value of PLACE."
+The return value is the incremented value of PLACE.
+
+If X is specified, it should be an expression that should
+evaluate to a number."
(declare (debug (place &optional form)))
(if (symbolp place)
(list 'setq place (if x (list '+ place x) (list '1+ place)))
@@ -123,7 +126,10 @@ The return value is the incremented value of PLACE."
(defmacro cl-decf (place &optional x)
"Decrement PLACE by X (1 by default).
PLACE may be a symbol, or any generalized variable allowed by `setf'.
-The return value is the decremented value of PLACE."
+The return value is the decremented value of PLACE.
+
+If X is specified, it should be an expression that should
+evaluate to a number."
(declare (debug cl-incf))
(if (symbolp place)
(list 'setq place (if x (list '- place x) (list '1- place)))