From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Argument names in Elisp Reference vs docstrings Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 10:04:40 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1127119496 2160 80.91.229.2 (19 Sep 2005 08:44:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 08:44:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Drew Adams , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 19 10:44:53 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EHHF0-000064-5j for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 10:43:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EHHEx-0003Ks-OY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 04:43:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EHH1N-00012P-1T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 04:29:05 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EHH1L-00011f-0b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 04:29:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EHH0E-0000X6-MA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 04:27:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.237] (helo=pfepc.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EHGdw-00019C-9e; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 04:04:52 -0400 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (unknown [80.165.4.124]) by pfepc.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 0018F26287D; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 10:04:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard M. Stallman's message of "Sun, 18 Sep 2005 21:31:21 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:43068 Archived-At: "Richard M. Stallman" writes: > I don't have time to check the guidelines right now, but shouldn't a boolean > argument's name end in "-p"? That is, wouldn't "must-match-p" be > conventional (and clearer)? > > No. The `-p' convention is for functions (predicates) only. Some code use -flag on boolean vars. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk