* bug#36989: 26.2; Doc string of `y-or-n-p': say it returns nil if answer is not `y' or `DEL'
@ 2019-08-09 16:44 Drew Adams
2019-08-09 17:02 ` Noam Postavsky
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From: Drew Adams @ 2019-08-09 16:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 36989
Subject line says it all. The doc says only that it returns `t' if the
answer is `y'. It should also say what it returns if the answer is no
(not `y' or `DEL').
(The Elisp manual is OK for this.)
In GNU Emacs 26.2 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32)
of 2019-04-13
Repository revision: fd1b34bfba8f3f6298df47c8e10b61530426f749
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 10.0.17763
Configured using:
`configure --without-dbus --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32
--without-compress-install 'CFLAGS=-O2 -static -g3''
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* bug#36989: 26.2; Doc string of `y-or-n-p': say it returns nil if answer is not `y' or `DEL'
2019-08-09 16:44 bug#36989: 26.2; Doc string of `y-or-n-p': say it returns nil if answer is not `y' or `DEL' Drew Adams
@ 2019-08-09 17:02 ` Noam Postavsky
2019-08-09 17:20 ` Drew Adams
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From: Noam Postavsky @ 2019-08-09 17:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Drew Adams; +Cc: 36989
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> Subject line says it all. The doc says only that it returns `t' if the
> answer is `y'. It should also say what it returns if the answer is no
> (not `y' or `DEL').
Did you miss where it says:
Return t if answer is "y" and nil if it is "n".
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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2019-08-09 17:02 ` Noam Postavsky
@ 2019-08-09 17:20 ` Drew Adams
2019-08-09 17:26 ` Noam Postavsky
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Drew Adams @ 2019-08-09 17:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Noam Postavsky; +Cc: 36989
> > Subject line says it all. The doc says only that it returns `t' if
> > the answer is `y'. It should also say what it returns if the answer
> > is no (not `y' or `DEL').
>
> Did you miss where it says:
> Return t if answer is "y" and nil if it is "n".
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
No, I didn't miss it, because it's not in the Emacs release
I reported on (the latest release, AFAIK): Emacs 26.2.
This is the full doc string (`C-h f'):
y-or-n-p is a compiled Lisp function in 'subr.el'.
(y-or-n-p PROMPT)
Ask user a "y or n" question. Return t if answer is "y".
Takes one argument, which is the string to display to ask the question.
It should end in a space; 'y-or-n-p' adds '(y or n) ' to it.
No confirmation of answer is requested; a single character is enough.
Also accepts SPC to mean yes, or DEL to mean no.
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