From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 22748-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22748: 24.5; (elisp) `Type Predicates': Repeat the rule from `Coding Conventions'
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 20:52:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83io1jnrjg.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6f905e9f-8bb4-4ec1-8cce-b00a6bf7a402@default> (message from Drew Adams on Sat, 20 Feb 2016 10:23:32 -0800 (PST))
> Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 10:23:32 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
>
> (elisp) `Coding Conventions' makes clear that a predicate name that has
> multiple words should end in `-p', not just `p'. This should also be
> made clear in node `Type Predicates', which currently says only this
> about the naming:
>
> Following a general Lisp convention for predicate functions, most type
> predicates=A1=AF names end with =A1=AEp=A1=AF.
>
> And that node should have a cross reference to node `Coding
> Conventions', which details the "general Lisp convention for predicate
> functions" that it refers to.
"Coding Conventions" are about future code; "Type Predicates" describe
the reality. These two are not necessarily identical.
Closing.
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2016-02-20 18:23 bug#22748: 24.5; (elisp) `Type Predicates': Repeat the rule from `Coding Conventions' Drew Adams
2016-02-20 18:52 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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2016-02-20 19:10 ` Drew Adams
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