Re: [External] : Doc of deprecated INITIAL-INPUT arg of completing-read

[Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>]

> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at 4:19 AM
> From: "Michael Heerdegen" <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
> To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: [External] : Doc of deprecated INITIAL-INPUT arg of completing-read
>
> Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>
> > All that's needed is to make clear that INIT
> > isn't intended as a _substitute_ for a default
> > value - and vice versa.  That's really the point
> > (IMO).  The use cases of INIT are different from
> > those of DEF.  That's what should be made clear.
> > Then leave it up to coders to use each as they
> > see fit.
>
> Mostly agreed.  But as I said, I only intend to describe the current
> coding recommendations better, and these don't regard INITIAL-INPUT and
> DEF as equivalent alternatives.
>
> As a compromise, here is a reworded version:

I approve of it.


> For wishes, discussions and feature requests maybe use another
> (sub-)thread or bug report.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael.
>
>