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From: Dr Rainer Woitok <rainer.woitok@gmail.com>
To: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
Cc: Help-Gnu-Emacs@Gnu.Org
Subject: Re: (interactive) and &optional
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2023 13:05:14 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <25630.58233.939785.855@woitok.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Msg <ZB1sEYG/tAnPVnwK@protected.localdomain> of 2023-03-24 12:23:29 +0300 from bugs@gnu.support

Jean,

On Friday, 2023-03-24 12:23:29 +0300, you wrote:

> ...
> I do not like involving `interactive' at all, so I do the handling by
> providing optional argument and telling function to check for it, or
> ask for it.
> 
> (defun search-something (&optional query)
>   "Search something by using QUERY."
>   (interactive)
>   (let* ((query (or query (read-from-minibuffer "Query: "))))
>     (do-the-search query)))

Correct me if I'm wrong,  but doesn't this  unconditionally call  "read-
from-minibuffer"  when non-interactively called  without argument?  Non-
interactively I would like the function to simply use my default value.

Anyway, many thanks to you and the others having taken part in this dis-
cussion -- I've learned a few things :-)

Sincerely,
  Rainer



  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-03-25 12:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-03-23 19:10 (interactive) and &optional Dr Rainer Woitok
2023-03-23 19:20 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-03-25 12:35   ` Dr Rainer Woitok
2023-03-25 13:12     ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-03-25 14:33       ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-03-25 15:36         ` Dr Rainer Woitok
2023-03-25 16:58         ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-03-23 20:01 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-03-24  9:23 ` Jean Louis
2023-03-24 20:52   ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-03-24 21:07     ` Emanuel Berg
2023-03-27  1:52       ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-03-27  2:40         ` John Yates
2023-03-24 21:42     ` Jean Louis
2023-03-26  1:04       ` Emanuel Berg
2023-03-30 19:04         ` Jean Louis
2023-03-25 12:05   ` Dr Rainer Woitok [this message]
2023-03-25 14:32     ` Jean Louis
2023-03-25 15:41       ` Dr Rainer Woitok

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