From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file' Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:21:04 -0800 Message-ID: <07F6A0871C094E70B3ED250E4B93F9EF@us.oracle.com> References: <8B7B45455BDC4BFBAC6E24B36D21695F@us.oracle.com><87ty65m5ec.fsf@mail.jurta.org><10D9D80D634A446E93BA4AC43B95B359@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1321395752 11766 80.91.229.12 (15 Nov 2011 22:22:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:22:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10057@debbugs.gnu.org To: "'Andreas Schwab'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 15 23:22:27 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RQROb-0001hu-Jh for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:22:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52286 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQROa-0000nG-Tq for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:22:24 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:57685) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQROY-0000nB-6s for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:22:23 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQROW-0006Vm-Uj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:22:22 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:49458) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQROW-0006Vi-Rj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:22:20 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RQRPB-0004ZB-S7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:23:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:23:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10057 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 10057-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10057.132139572317490 (code B ref 10057); Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:23:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10057) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Nov 2011 22:22:03 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RQROD-0004Xk-7O for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:22:02 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsinet15.oracle.com ([148.87.113.117]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RQROA-0004XX-4k for 10057@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:21:59 -0500 Original-Received: from acsinet21.oracle.com (acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237]) by rcsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.4/Switch-3.4.4) with ESMTP id pAFML91j032210 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:21:10 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt356.oracle.com (acsmt356.oracle.com [141.146.40.156]) by acsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id pAFML9bV024614 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:21:09 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt116.oracle.com (abhmt116.oracle.com [141.146.116.68]) by acsmt356.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id pAFML3Fw012440; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:21:03 -0600 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.36.227) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:21:03 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: Acyj5FKQ4PK9ycjaTzOO/ZNNxp8b9gAABjWg X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-Source-IP: acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090201.4EC2E5D6.0192,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:23:01 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:53960 Archived-At: > You are supposed to use only the value that is documented. This is > called future compatibility. In that case, if that is truly a worry, then the doc should say that. As it is, the doc is vague and incomplete. It does not at all convey the interpretation you are adding here. Hey - pick any set of supported values and associated behaviors you like. Have them mean whatever you like. But document what they do, completely and unambiguously. If non-nil other than `t' is to be unsupported or discouraged for reasons of , then say so. Sheesh. This really should be a no-brainer.