From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Use of "optional argument" in docstring Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 11:43:21 +1300 Message-ID: <17296.52745.612983.4381@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> References: <22334.1133559098@olgas.newt.com> <17296.49526.166588.17581@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <23512.1133562341@olgas.newt.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1133563516 14504 80.91.229.2 (2 Dec 2005 22:45:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 22:45:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 02 23:45:12 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EiJdI-00007z-99 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2005 23:44:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EiJdI-0007O4-84 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2005 17:44:00 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EiJcy-0007MK-7N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2005 17:43:40 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EiJcw-0007Jj-Ms for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2005 17:43:39 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EiJcw-0007Jb-JD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2005 17:43:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [202.37.101.8] (helo=viper.snap.net.nz) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EiJcz-0001Sr-8I for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2005 17:43:41 -0500 Original-Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (p206-tnt1.snap.net.nz [202.124.110.206]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78EB272FCAD; Sat, 3 Dec 2005 11:43:35 +1300 (NZDT) Original-Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 500) id 16E118420; Sat, 3 Dec 2005 11:43:22 +1300 (NZDT) Original-To: Bill Wohler In-Reply-To: <23512.1133562341@olgas.newt.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.0.50.12 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:46912 Archived-At: > > In all the examples that I looked at optional arguments are explicitly > > described as such. > > Old, or new functions? I see it predominantly in older functions and > less so in new functions. Yes, you're right. I only looked at old functions. Nick