From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#71429: Inconsistent y-or-n-p prompt behavior in Emacs Lisp Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2024 11:38:53 -0400 Message-ID: References: <0a72f9c4-3f1c-4fc8-a412-169dca892b57@medialab.sissa.it> <86bk4bet9p.fsf@gnu.org> <87cyoreqpd.fsf@gmx.net> <87h6e3lemo.fsf@gmx.net> <861q57cwhi.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="16716"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cc: gabriele@medialab.sissa.it, 71429@debbugs.gnu.org, Stephen Berman , stefankangas@gmail.com To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 08 17:40:03 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1sFyAk-000487-P7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 08 Jun 2024 17:40:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sFyAe-000415-8r; Sat, 08 Jun 2024 11:39:56 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sFyAV-00040B-6X for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Jun 2024 11:39:48 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:5::43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sFyAU-0001c8-Qk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Jun 2024 11:39:46 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1sFyAj-0001D3-Vg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Jun 2024 11:40:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2024 15:40:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 71429 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 71429-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B71429.17178611624555 (code B ref 71429); Sat, 08 Jun 2024 15:40:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 71429) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Jun 2024 15:39:22 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39257 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1sFyA5-0001BO-UB for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 08 Jun 2024 11:39:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:9220) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1sFyA1-0001Ax-Aw for 71429@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 08 Jun 2024 11:39:20 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 84A7E80822; Sat, 8 Jun 2024 11:38:55 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1717861134; bh=mj+a9eW9KI+zAUlnylk7O62opqp+TtlXEi6kpG7BCSQ=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=L2cWW9c280tLxd86Cl0YrVSH6uYkWARPuCCeSrQtgIoBxN+ZsVimWrNtzrn+RhALS wQF6bauminC4QAWEySQS7VF5m5/TltcUQOIUIEFtvPTvrNuqFWfLtD3uZf8kxKQFUQ 80uriIrXh5VcjCBWVgntPfnamOJy0rHviiQVVRfoVAIyKGduDsKg8QUfC6sd+g37gk IJjtoxueMtg5AgUzVPG/juqva3pVnH1nbkyGpk8pQbnm9q7jt3aTydrf7uDbHYendL Uk1Zc0UA0SXt7o+T3F02UjTVxJ6YBzRxrRi0FZYPRqSOGfixXqhmn1CVELrKHCaawe bOVbxrZYZS6qQ== Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 815C6805E0; Sat, 8 Jun 2024 11:38:54 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from pastel (unknown [24.140.236.196]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4AF72120796; Sat, 8 Jun 2024 11:38:54 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <861q57cwhi.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 08 Jun 2024 17:58:17 +0300") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:286865 Archived-At: > Thanks. To me, this means that key-valid-p should bind > search-spaces-regexp to nil, because otherwise the value will subvert > its contract. Do you agree? I kind of agree, but I wonder why it would be non-nil at this point. AFAIK `search-spaces-regexp` is meant for interactive searches, so let-binding it around code like `substitute-command-keys`, `split-string`, or `key-valid-p` sounds like a bug. Stefan