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 14:08:19 -0800 Message-ID: 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 1321394971 5641 80.91.229.12 (15 Nov 2011 22:09:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:09:31 +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 Tue Nov 15 23:09:26 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 1RQRC1-0003e5-T8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:09:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41378 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQRC0-000795-W6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:09:24 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:56403) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQRBx-00078w-TV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:09:22 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQRBw-0004NN-P4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:09:21 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:49432) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQRBw-0004NJ-NZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:09:20 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RQRCb-0004GS-Sd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:10:02 -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: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:10:01 +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=B10057.132139495316333 (code B ref 10057); Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:10:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10057) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Nov 2011 22:09:13 +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 1RQRBp-0004FO-68 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:09:13 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsinet15.oracle.com ([148.87.113.117]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RQRBn-0004FD-U8 for 10057@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:09:12 -0500 Original-Received: from acsinet21.oracle.com (acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237]) by rcsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.4/Switch-3.4.4) with ESMTP id pAFM8NuL018114 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:08:24 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 pAFM8Nbn005931 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:08:23 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt111.oracle.com (abhmt111.oracle.com [141.146.116.63]) by acsmt356.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id pAFM8HkB004256; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:08:17 -0600 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.36.227) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:08:17 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: Acyj4J9yfCfAXWiUTuS9vu7LuUsSKQAAP+QQ 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=0001.0A090206.4EC2E2D8.00E7,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 17:10:01 -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:53957 Archived-At: > > "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...