From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Defaulting optional numeric and string arguments Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:18:09 -0400 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="7493"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Heime Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 12 22:19:03 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1soqHP-0001py-2w for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 12 Sep 2024 22:19:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1soqGg-0007Xy-Tb; Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:18:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1soqGe-0007XZ-OJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:18:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1soqGd-000437-0h for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:18:16 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id D566E80926; Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:18:11 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1726172290; bh=SjVmDfT4Ugh5EH/GSbMzGIJmBFNbpE/vXqE4D+Zh/Ew=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=K5AtDynDvZXgEJq/A/mfHDm/kq3fWMJdtdUMDvF3OkHMFCPSV2Y9oP/7kreTWEHsT OO+rhaCfD31PDNEC3pVeUqiB6nKaL+e9MHXjcNTfprsL5NM6PT+++C6hEbBfpOSs/p ZQNEKqYCYOk8o54W65OxRBlLZJt8aDU8YgXK9seR0iULISh3VwQaa5tUF3UcWffGId 3ngr8EowOFNI5utD4zAPJ54Rc63nfMr6O7u6uvBp1KQWkm5uYhYdqguWJ6N3YmPY22 v2OiIx4RzbpWvllmVXTpCBJhkPR/BJiXng2JahSEIIzzsSOGkA3cASrZ9R8YyaGfuw DnFEMv+dCEbdg== Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 65DBD802A9; Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:18:10 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from pastel (104-195-251-139.cpe.teksavvy.com [104.195.251.139]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3E9B4120829; Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:18:10 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Heime's message of "Thu, 12 Sep 2024 20:00:00 +0000") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:147976 Archived-At: > If user does not pass anything to `read-string`, would the value not be nothing. Not if you provide a sane `default-value` argument. Stefan