Empty reply to describe-function

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From: Francois Pinard
Date: Tue, 29 May 1990 00:12

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In GNU Emacs 18.54.2 of Sat Feb 10 1990 on icule (usg-unix-v)


An empty reply to `C-h f' (describe-function) `Describe function:'
prompt yields a `Symbol's function definition is void: nil' message.

One expectable behaviour would be to construct a completion list,
instead.

-- 
Franc,ois Pinard          ``Vivement GNU!''         pinard@iro.umontreal.ca
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