Re: start-process: nil check on arg program

["Andreas Röhler" <andreas.roehler@online.de>]

On 25.08.2016 08:58, Tino Calancha wrote:
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>
> On Thu, 25 Aug 2016, Andreas Schwab wrote:
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>> On Aug 25 2016, Tino Calancha <tino.calancha@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> * If program is nil, for instance,
>>> (start-process "foo" "buf" nil)
>>> which IMO it shouldn't ever happend, that check don't
>>> prevent the creation of a useless process.
>>
>> nil is explicitly documented as a meaningful argument.
> You are right. Thanks!
> Maybe in my example has no much sense, i mean, just
> (start-process "foo" "buf" nil)
> but with additional arguments,
> i.e.
> (start-process "foo" "buf" nil args)
> it might have sense.
>

Don't understand the additional arguments here at stake:
Doku says WRT program-slot in question:

If nil, just associate a pty with the buffer.