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
next prev 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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