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On 19 Oct 2000, Paul Jarc wrote:

> I'd especially like to see documentation of what triggers each
> backend function, and what assumptions, if any, they can make about
> their environment - current buffer, etc.

It took me a while to understand the documentation, but I think that
the Gnus info file does mention all the important things.  Or do you
find the node `Backend Interface' deficient in some way?

There was something about the `data buffer' which I didn't understand
right away.  The key issue is to understand that `there should be no
data returned' does NOT refer to the return value of the function, but
to the data buffer.

kai
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