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(error): Doc fix.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Thu, 04 Jan 1996 19:00:38 +0000
parents dbc31b752982
children 35c457f8bedf
files lisp/subr.el
diffstat 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lisp/subr.el	Thu Jan 04 16:00:45 1996 +0000
+++ b/lisp/subr.el	Thu Jan 04 19:00:38 1996 +0000
@@ -704,7 +704,10 @@
   nil)
 
 (defun error (&rest args)
-  "Signal an error, making error message by passing all args to `format'."
+  "Signal an error, making error message by passing all args to `format'.
+In Emacs, the convention is that error messages start with a capital
+letter but *do not* end with a period.  Please follow this convention
+for the sake of consistency."
   (while t
     (signal 'error (list (apply 'format args)))))