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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "'Andreas Schwab'" <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 10057@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file'
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:21:04 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <07F6A0871C094E70B3ED250E4B93F9EF@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m21ut9c9pf.fsf@igel.home>

> You are supposed to use only the value that is documented.  This is
> called future compatibility.

In that case, if that is truly a worry, then the doc should say that.  As it is,
the doc is vague and incomplete.  It does not at all convey the interpretation
you are adding here.

Hey - pick any set of supported values and associated behaviors you like.  Have
them mean whatever you like.  But document what they do, completely and
unambiguously.  If non-nil other than `t' is to be unsupported or discouraged
for reasons of <whatever>, then say so.

Sheesh.  This really should be a no-brainer.






  reply	other threads:[~2011-11-15 22:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-11-15 20:30 bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file' Drew Adams
2011-11-15 21:39 ` Juri Linkov
2011-11-15 21:56   ` Drew Adams
2011-11-15 22:17     ` Andreas Schwab
2011-11-15 22:21       ` Drew Adams [this message]
2011-11-15 21:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-11-15 22:08   ` Drew Adams
2011-11-16  2:28     ` Stefan Monnier
2011-11-16  2:29     ` Stefan Monnier
2011-11-16  3:05       ` Drew Adams
2011-11-16  3:24         ` Glenn Morris
2011-11-16  5:23           ` Drew Adams
2011-11-16  4:22         ` Stefan Monnier
2011-11-16  5:24           ` Drew Adams
2011-11-16  8:34             ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-11-16 14:52               ` Drew Adams
2011-11-16 18:10                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-11-16 18:29                   ` Drew Adams
2011-11-16 18:43           ` Memnon Anon
2011-11-16 19:56             ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-11-16 17:03         ` Juri Linkov
2011-11-16 18:29           ` Drew Adams
2011-11-16 19:31             ` Juri Linkov
2011-11-16 20:04               ` Drew Adams
2011-11-16 20:28                 ` Juri Linkov

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