From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: start-process: nil check on arg program Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 08:43:41 +0200 Message-ID: <87eg5dqrfm.fsf@linux-m68k.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1472107471 20277 195.159.176.226 (25 Aug 2016 06:44:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 06:44:31 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) Cc: Emacs developers To: Tino Calancha Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 25 08:44:28 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bcoOo-0004fq-Ht for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Aug 2016 08:44:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54776 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bcoOn-0005C0-VR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Aug 2016 02:44:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45680) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bcoOG-0005BI-G2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Aug 2016 02:43:53 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bcoOA-00045q-FI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Aug 2016 02:43:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:54346) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bcoOA-00044C-8Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Aug 2016 02:43:46 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3sKZQ854s8z3hjQm; Thu, 25 Aug 2016 08:43:44 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3sKZQ84nXQzvklH; Thu, 25 Aug 2016 08:43:44 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id rzXW9CzpATHR; Thu, 25 Aug 2016 08:43:41 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: UHVlxZgUeClIf3l9009Djja7WgLv4gfyGut44oWBpZpEn0t308bGSTc8AqRkNDdJ Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-88-217-15-149.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.15.149]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Thu, 25 Aug 2016 08:43:41 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5CD422C45B7; Thu, 25 Aug 2016 08:43:41 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: I want to dress you up as TALLULAH BANKHEAD and cover you with VASELINE and WHEAT THINS.. In-Reply-To: (Tino Calancha's message of "Thu, 25 Aug 2016 15:06:53 +0900 (JST)") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 212.18.0.9 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:206791 Archived-At: On Aug 25 2016, Tino Calancha wrote: > * 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. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."