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#8682: 24.0.50; doc strings of `isearch-mode', `isearch-forward', etc. Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 07:46:36 -0700 Message-ID: <3CD827EDF5994E3DB18AC6E3A422D7CE@us.oracle.com> References: 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 1305643633 12486 80.91.229.12 (17 May 2011 14:47:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 14:47:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8682@debbugs.gnu.org To: "'Stefan Monnier'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 17 16:47:10 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 1QMLYC-0002zW-Ei for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 May 2011 16:47:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52849 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QMLYB-0005hk-DQ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 May 2011 10:47:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:43957) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QMLY8-0005hQ-0D for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 May 2011 10:47:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QMLY6-0002nw-IX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 May 2011 10:47:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:46496) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QMLY6-0002nm-Gt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 May 2011 10:47:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QMLY5-0001aA-V2; Tue, 17 May 2011 10:47:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 14:47:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8682 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8682-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8682.13056436206074 (code B ref 8682); Tue, 17 May 2011 14:47:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8682) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 May 2011 14:47:00 +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 1QMLY4-0001Zv-4Q for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 May 2011 10:47:00 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QMLY2-0001Zk-Lg for 8682@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 May 2011 10:46:59 -0400 Original-Received: from rtcsinet21.oracle.com (rtcsinet21.oracle.com [66.248.204.29]) by rcsinet10.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.2) with ESMTP id p4HEklBM008877 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 17 May 2011 14:46:50 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt356.oracle.com (acsmt356.oracle.com [141.146.40.156]) by rtcsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p4HEkk5k006073 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 17 May 2011 14:46:47 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt016.oracle.com (abhmt016.oracle.com [141.146.116.25]) by acsmt356.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id p4HEkfpI032230; Tue, 17 May 2011 09:46:41 -0500 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.36.86) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 17 May 2011 07:46:40 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcwUoEC30ZrPaTocTz+0+wBdo0YC6AAAD34A X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6090 In-Reply-To: X-Source-IP: rtcsinet21.oracle.com [66.248.204.29] X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090203.4DD28A5C.00BC:SCFSTAT5015188,ss=1,fgs=0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 10:47:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:46514 Archived-At: > > (Also, some `isearch-mode' arguments should be renamed with `-P', to > > indicate that they are boolean flags: FORWARD-P, REGEXP-P, > > RECURSIVE-EDIT-P.) > > No. Yes, I know your argument that you want to distinguish Boolean functions (even nullary) from Boolean-valued variables. Still, it is a useful convention that conveys information. If you don't like `-P' because you think it too closely conveys "predicate" (and you don't want to consider a variable as a nullary predicate), then choose another naming convention for this. It is quite helpful to suggest by a parameter's name that it represents a truth value: nil/non-nil.