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 19:05:07 -0800 Message-ID: <7DCB4AC13F2B4BA19A9BBB34E78086CA@us.oracle.com> References: <8B7B45455BDC4BFBAC6E24B36D21695F@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 1321412792 18333 80.91.229.12 (16 Nov 2011 03:06:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:06:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10057@debbugs.gnu.org To: "'Stefan Monnier'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 16 04:06:28 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 1RQVpS-0003rU-IA for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:06:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43651 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQVpR-0008KR-Qj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:06:25 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:49145) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQVpO-0008K4-DQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:06:23 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQVpM-0001FA-25 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:06:22 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:49671) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQVpM-0001Es-0W for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:06:20 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RQVq1-0002Wf-Uy for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:07:02 -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: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:07:01 +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=B10057.13214127689642 (code B ref 10057); Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:07:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10057) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Nov 2011 03:06:08 +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 1RQVpA-0002VT-49 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:06:08 -0500 Original-Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com ([141.146.126.227]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RQVp7-0002Uy-78 for 10057@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:06:06 -0500 Original-Received: from acsinet21.oracle.com (acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237]) by acsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.4/Switch-3.4.4) with ESMTP id pAG35FFp004048 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:05:16 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 pAG35F22007610 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:05:15 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt119.oracle.com (abhmt119.oracle.com [141.146.116.71]) by acsmt356.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id pAG359Be002611; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:05:09 -0600 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.58.234) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:05:09 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: AcykB6Brfc+fSy4eTLSmmhlHVnKcYQAAxjSg 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=0001.0A090205.4EC3286C.0122,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 22:07:01 -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:53968 Archived-At: > > You could have corrected this and made it crystal clear by > > now, by simply changing `t' to `non-nil'. Instead, > > defensive justification... > > After all these years, you could send patches and even > install them yourself. I've sent plenty of patches, throughout "all these years", as you know. If you need a patch to change `t' to `non-nil' then there is a problem. But it's not the lack of a patch that prevents you from making this doc change, obviously. You do not _want_ to make it. You've made that clear, so don't ask for a patch for the change! - that would be the height of mauvaise foi. You apparently want a non-nil, non-t value to implicitly be considered unpredictable and unsupported ("you're on your own"), for the benefit of "future compatibility", and you apparently do not want to tell users that explicitly. So be it.