From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Should nil COLLECTION element mean a "nil" candidate for completing-read? Alist doc. Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:24:46 -0400 Message-ID: References: <5721FBADB175440B9BA3383934E0AC30@us.oracle.com> <6878F4119A994982A06767B5C83E92DB@us.oracle.com> <6BEC3A55E55C44CDB98BC4F58101851C@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1248233107 19764 80.91.229.12 (22 Jul 2009 03:25:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:25:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 22 05:25:00 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MTSRw-0002nn-12 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:25:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48257 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MTSRv-0004VZ-6O for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:24:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MTSRp-0004VK-PQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:24:53 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MTSRk-0004V8-C7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:24:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39078 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MTSRk-0004V5-5f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:24:48 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]:4658 helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MTSRj-0001I1-Mn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:24:47 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ag4FALEjZkpFpZx3/2dsb2JhbACBUdBJhA4FhwM X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.43,243,1246852800"; d="scan'208";a="41987448" Original-Received: from 69-165-156-119.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([69.165.156.119]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 21 Jul 2009 23:24:47 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id E87C3B4076; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:24:46 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <6BEC3A55E55C44CDB98BC4F58101851C@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:07:51 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.94 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:112982 Archived-At: > The current behavior, which you apparently don't want to correct as > a bug, contradicts the behavior descibed by the doc. The behavior is necessarily different from the one applied to pure alists, since the argument can also be a list of strings. > The status quo is not good. Your words don't carry much weight if they don't come with actual concrete examples. Stefan