From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18024: 24.4.50; doc of `y-or-n-p' misses the main functionality: what it returns Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 08:23:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <11537e47-82da-4913-9f97-8afb105bdada@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1405437997 23993 80.91.229.3 (15 Jul 2014 15:26:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:26:37 +0000 (UTC) To: 18024@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 15 17:26:29 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1X74cd-0007Cf-3v for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 17:26:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35300 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X74cc-0003hO-K6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:26:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51538) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X74cP-0003cs-CR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:26:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X74cF-0005Y5-0n for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:26:13 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:60474) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X74cE-0005Xw-U6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:26:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X74cE-000520-9B for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:26:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:26:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 18024 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.140543790419262 (code B ref -1); Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:26:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Jul 2014 15:25:04 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55740 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X74bD-00050E-Hj for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:25:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:48686) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X74b8-0004zw-AS for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:24:58 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X74as-0004gu-S8 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:24:49 -0400 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:52036) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X74as-0004gm-Ps for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:24:38 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50177) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X74aj-0002ug-8K for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:24:38 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X74aZ-0004Ym-Va for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:24:29 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:45958) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X74aZ-0004PP-PO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:24:19 -0400 Original-Received: from ucsinet21.oracle.com (ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id s6FFNud7020824 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:23:57 GMT Original-Received: from aserz7021.oracle.com (aserz7021.oracle.com [141.146.126.230]) by ucsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s6FFNtPB029669 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:23:56 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0018.oracle.com (abhmp0018.oracle.com [141.146.116.24]) by aserz7021.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s6FFNtNp006538 for ; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:23:55 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8 (707110) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:91564 Archived-At: 1. `y-or-n-p' is a *predicate*. This is missing from the doc string, because it says nothing about what the function returns if the user answers `n' instead of `y'. The doc string *must* tell users that `n' means return nil. 2. The Elisp manual does not have that failing. However, to be clear, both it and the doc string should specify that *whatever* way the user answers in the affirmative means return `t', and *whatever* s?he answers in the negative means return `nil'. Currently the manual specifies the return value only for `y' and `n'. In GNU Emacs 24.4.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32) of 2014-06-28 on ODIEONE Bzr revision: 117431 rgm@gnu.org-20140628015517-eku6hj8mpgcvfnso Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601 Configured using: `configure --prefix=3D/c/Devel/emacs/snapshot/trunk --enable-checking=3Dyes,glyphs 'CFLAGS=3D-O0 -g3' LDFLAGS=3D-Lc:/Devel/emacs/lib 'CPPFLAGS=3D-DGC_MCHECK=3D1 -Ic:/Devel/emacs/include''