From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>,
"15809@debbugs.gnu.org" <15809@debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#15809: [External] : Re: bug#15809: 24.3.50; wrong defcustom type for `suggest-key-bindings'
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 01:50:25 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <SJ0PR10MB5488F14654A06A7C5734AD6EF3A59@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkmn+R=zU+vnJztJ8SoHP7MsAM=pp6064SWRs9QvHeP_z0w@mail.gmail.com>
> > FWIW, "natural number", like "whole number", unfortunately
> > has two different meanings, 1... and 0..., depending on
> > who is talking.
> >
> >
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_numbe
> r__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!YF8_QIyGvA34pZcXQ5IY8wSQQwrUUykjIfLCvd5eidW2mRgqe
> d8BnAbe2sG274Mx$
> >
> > Emacs has predicate `natnump', with alias `wholenump',
> > meaning 0... So the doc for a defcustom type that
> > mentions "natural number" had better make clear which is
> > meant. It can do that by mentioning predicate `natnump'.
>
> The docstring of `natnump' defines it as "a nonnegative integer".
Which is why one fix is to mention `natnump'. But
that makes a reader check the doc string of `natnump'.
It's about "the doc for a defcustom type that mentions
'natural number'". It's the defcustom type that needs
the doc love. The doc of `natnump' is OK already.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-25 1:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-11-05 15:30 bug#15809: 24.3.50; wrong defcustom type for `suggest-key-bindings' Drew Adams
2014-02-08 3:36 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2014-02-09 2:14 ` Drew Adams
2014-02-11 11:47 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-28 7:50 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-10-28 8:00 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-28 14:25 ` Drew Adams
2021-09-24 23:32 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25 1:50 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2021-09-24 23:34 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25 1:09 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-25 1:29 ` bug#15809: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-25 1:54 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25 2:06 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-25 2:43 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25 1:24 ` bug#15809: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-25 2:25 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25 15:22 ` Drew Adams
2021-09-25 15:56 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25 16:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] <D0F524A8-6F43-4A73-928B-EC91FAFA2866@acm.org>
2021-09-25 13:00 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25 15:31 ` bug#15809: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-25 15:24 ` Drew Adams
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