From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bastien Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: yes-or-no-p prompt conditionally broken in master? Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2015 11:16:37 +0200 Message-ID: <87lhcm1r4a.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83k2s7a247.fsf@gnu.org> <55E88336.5060703@yandex.ru> <83h9nb9z5l.fsf@gnu.org> <55E8879B.9050107@yandex.ru> <83fv2v9y9z.fsf@gnu.org> <57355235-9af7-49fb-81b5-93182cfc9d49@default> <83a8t39x3t.fsf@gnu.org> <83zj128slp.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1441358237 1460 80.91.229.3 (4 Sep 2015 09:17:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 09:17:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: kaushal.modi@gmail.com, bruce.connor.am@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, dgutov@yandex.ru, drew.adams@oracle.com To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 04 11:17:08 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXn7K-00007Y-1C for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 11:17:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57288 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXn7J-0004l9-N2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 05:17:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53321) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXn71-0004ky-RY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 05:16:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXn6w-0005ca-R8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 05:16:47 -0400 Original-Received: from so1.mailgun.net ([198.61.254.11]:40703) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXn6w-0005cL-OP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 05:16:42 -0400 X-Mailgun-Sid: WyIyYmRiOCIsICJlbWFjcy1kZXZlbEBnbnUub3JnIiwgIjI4ODhmOSJd Original-Received: from bzg.fr (fes75-4-78-192-157-63.fbxo.proxad.net [78.192.157.63]) by mxa.mailgun.org with ESMTP id 55e96178.4eac7b0-in1; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 09:16:40 -0000 (UTC) Original-Received: by bzg.fr (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CEC0343A05; Fri, 4 Sep 2015 11:16:37 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <83zj128slp.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:02:42 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 198.61.254.11 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:189574 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > Any objections to removing yes-or-no-p (with a defalias for backward > compatibility, of course) and making y-or-n-p serve both duties, > controlled by some defcustom? None on my side. (fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p) is the most ancient piece of .emacs.el that lives in my configuration, and I guess many users have it too. Getting rid of something beginners half understand (fset?!) is a good thing, even if I'll get emotional when C-k'ing this line. -- Bastien