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* (interactive "...") : What goes in, what does not ?
@ 2008-03-15 18:50 paul r
  2008-03-18  9:04 ` paul r
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: paul r @ 2008-03-15 18:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs- devel

Dear list,

I was wondering recently why (interactive) does not provide a code
letter for "yes-or-no-p".
That lead me to this question : Is there a reason why some input
reading methods have a code letter for interactive and some not ?
By "input reading methods", I mean most of functions begining with
read- , plus yes-or-no-p, plus any I could miss here, provided they
could fit in this role.
Regards

Paul




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* Re: (interactive "...") : What goes in, what does not ?
  2008-03-15 18:50 (interactive "...") : What goes in, what does not ? paul r
@ 2008-03-18  9:04 ` paul r
  2008-03-18 17:14   ` Stefan Monnier
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: paul r @ 2008-03-18  9:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs- devel

> Is there a reason why some input
>  reading methods have a code letter for interactive and some not ?

Sorry to bump this question, but I'm still wondering. In case there is
no clear policy about it, how would you like a patch to provide code
letter for commonly used prompt that does not have their own code
letter yet, please ?




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* Re: (interactive "...") : What goes in, what does not ?
  2008-03-18  9:04 ` paul r
@ 2008-03-18 17:14   ` Stefan Monnier
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Monnier @ 2008-03-18 17:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: paul r; +Cc: emacs- devel

>> Is there a reason why some input
>> reading methods have a code letter for interactive and some not ?

> Sorry to bump this question, but I'm still wondering. In case there is
> no clear policy about it, how would you like a patch to provide code
> letter for commonly used prompt that does not have their own code
> letter yet, please ?

Code letters were important when built-in functions couldn't use Elisp
forms as interactive specs.  Now that they can use Elisp code as well,
it is less important.


        Stefan




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