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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "'Stefan Monnier'" <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 10057@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file'
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:08:19 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AE2E95691C944155BD0848044A1206FD@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvhb25vyy4.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>

> > "Optional second argument NOERROR, if t, means if file is not found
> > just return nil (no error)."
>  
> > Sigh.  This says only what a value of `t' means.  It does 
> > not say what other non-nil values mean.  Please state clearly
> > and completely what NOERROR means.
>  
> Well, it does say that if you use a non-nil and non-t value, you're on
> your own.

No, it does _not_ say that.  It says nothing of the kind.  It says nothing about
non-nil and non-t.  Saying nothing is not the same thing as saying you're on
your own - far from it.

There is zero reason to mention any particular non-nil value here, unless there
really is something special about the behavior of that non-nil value.  Judging
by the email replies, there is not.

> So the only potentially missing doc is what happens when
> it's absent (aka nil), which is only explained in a indirect way.

There is no problem understanding what nil does.

You could have corrected this and made it crystal clear by now, by simply
changing `t' to `non-nil'.  Instead, defensive justification...






  reply	other threads:[~2011-11-15 22:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-11-15 20:30 bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file' Drew Adams
2011-11-15 21:39 ` Juri Linkov
2011-11-15 21:56   ` Drew Adams
2011-11-15 22:17     ` Andreas Schwab
2011-11-15 22:21       ` Drew Adams
2011-11-15 21:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-11-15 22:08   ` Drew Adams [this message]
2011-11-16  2:28     ` Stefan Monnier
2011-11-16  2:29     ` Stefan Monnier
2011-11-16  3:05       ` Drew Adams
2011-11-16  3:24         ` Glenn Morris
2011-11-16  5:23           ` Drew Adams
2011-11-16  4:22         ` Stefan Monnier
2011-11-16  5:24           ` Drew Adams
2011-11-16  8:34             ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-11-16 14:52               ` Drew Adams
2011-11-16 18:10                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-11-16 18:29                   ` Drew Adams
2011-11-16 18:43           ` Memnon Anon
2011-11-16 19:56             ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-11-16 17:03         ` Juri Linkov
2011-11-16 18:29           ` Drew Adams
2011-11-16 19:31             ` Juri Linkov
2011-11-16 20:04               ` Drew Adams
2011-11-16 20:28                 ` Juri Linkov

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