Re: "Doc Bug": docstring of `load-path'
|--==> "DZ" == Daniel Zimmermann <dzimmerm(a)gmx.de> writes:
DZ> Dear Bug Team!
DZ> I think there is a "doc bug" in the docstring of `load-path'.
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DZ> Note that the elements of this list *may not* begin with "~", so you
must
DZ> call `expand-file-name' on them before adding them to this list.
DZ> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
DZ> I tested it, entries in load-path that start with `~' work. So I
DZ> think the quoted paragraph of the docstring is hyperfluid.
Yes, entries in 'load-path' that begin with '~' will work, but I have
seen (quite recently) situations where it gives the wrong, or at least
unexpected, behaviour. IMO the doc string for 'load-path' is correct
and should _not_ be altered.
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