From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: michael_heerdegen@web.de, larsi@gnus.org, 15047@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15047: 24.3.50; doc string of `find-listp-find-files' etc.
Date: Sun, 01 May 2016 18:12:16 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8360uxolrj.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9de01255-e142-4d14-a7d8-296dbcdb9deb@default> (message from Drew Adams on Sun, 1 May 2016 06:28:04 -0800 (GMT-08:00))
> Date: Sun, 1 May 2016 06:28:04 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>, 15047@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> > "DIRECTORY-PREDICATE is used to decide whether to descend into
> > directories. It is a function which takes two arguments, the directory
> > and its parent."
> >
> > I think with this wording its obvious what DIRECTORY-PREDICATE it is
> > applied to.
>
> OK.
>
> > I also think the word "whether" suggests how the boolean return value is
> > interpreted: descent when the predicate returns non-nil (aka "yes").
> > We could say that explicitly, sure, but I think it's worth it...
>
> "Whether" does not imply that non-nil (aka "yes") means descend.
I think you are the only one who could ever imagine such a meaning of
that sentence.
> Admittedly, this is not very important. Still, if we are going
> to spend time and energy talking about this, we might as well
> make it right.
Or we might stop wasting time splitting hair.
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-08-07 22:06 bug#15047: 24.3.50; doc string of `find-listp-find-files' etc Drew Adams
2016-04-29 13:36 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-04-29 17:19 ` Drew Adams
2016-05-01 13:46 ` Michael Heerdegen
2016-05-01 14:28 ` Drew Adams
2016-05-01 15:12 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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