Opening a ticket on dev.clojure.org, and providing a docstring patch is the
standard (and fastest) way to do this.

On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 1:15 PM Alan Thompson <clooj...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Alex - What is the best way to correct a mistake in the docstring for
> clojure.core/filter?
>
> The existing docstring is:
>
> ​​
> Returns a lazy sequence of the items in coll for which
> (pred item) returns true. pred must be free of side-effects.
> Returns a transducer when no collection is provided.
>
> ​I would like to correct it to read:
>
> ​
> Returns a lazy sequence of the items in coll for which
> (pred item)
> ​ ​
> ​
> ​returns a
> truthy
> ​
> value
> (neither false nor nil). pred must be
> free of side-effects.
> ​
> Returns a transducer when no collection is provided.
>
>
> ​The need for this is illustrated by a quick check:
>
> > (filter identity [:a 1 true false nil "done"])
> (:a 1 true "done")
>
>
> Alan
>
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