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authorMattias EngdegÄrd <mattiase@acm.org>2019-09-01 14:26:18 +0200
committerMattias EngdegÄrd <mattiase@acm.org>2019-09-01 14:28:01 +0200
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Clarify what counts as whitespace in `string-blank-p'
* lisp/emacs-lisp/subr-x.el (string-blank-p): Expand doc string.
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diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/subr-x.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/subr-x.el
index f76409c4de8..bb2bf3dd5fa 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/subr-x.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/subr-x.el
@@ -236,7 +236,9 @@ TRIM-LEFT and TRIM-RIGHT default to \"[ \\t\\n\\r]+\"."
(string-trim-left (string-trim-right string trim-right) trim-left))
(defsubst string-blank-p (string)
- "Check whether STRING is either empty or only whitespace."
+ "Check whether STRING is either empty or only whitespace.
+The following characters count as whitespace here: space, tab, newline and
+carriage return."
(string-match-p "\\`[ \t\n\r]*\\'" string))
(defsubst string-remove-prefix (prefix string)