From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#15047: 24.3.50; doc string of `find-listp-find-files' etc. Date: Sun, 01 May 2016 18:12:16 +0300 Message-ID: <8360uxolrj.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87inz08rkv.fsf@gnus.org> <3a7790ce-afe5-42dc-b55c-9a1e31f8b30f@default> <87zis93n89.fsf@web.de> <9de01255-e142-4d14-a7d8-296dbcdb9deb@default> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1462115623 20079 80.91.229.3 (1 May 2016 15:13:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 1 May 2016 15:13:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: michael_heerdegen@web.de, larsi@gnus.org, 15047@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 01 17:13:32 2016 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 1awt3r-0003Mq-Ax for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 01 May 2016 17:13:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33406 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awt3n-0004n2-AB for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 01 May 2016 11:13:27 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40675) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awt3d-0004cR-Ie for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 01 May 2016 11:13:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awt3R-0000u4-RL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 01 May 2016 11:13:12 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:48449) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awt3R-0000sP-Nk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 01 May 2016 11:13:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awt3O-0002JD-Aa for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 01 May 2016 11:13:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 01 May 2016 15:13:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15047 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: fixed Original-Received: via spool by 15047-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15047.14621155668852 (code B ref 15047); Sun, 01 May 2016 15:13:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 15047) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 May 2016 15:12:46 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60786 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awt35-0002Ic-AE for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 01 May 2016 11:12:46 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:49610) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awt30-0002IL-E1 for 15047@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 01 May 2016 11:12:41 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awt2l-0000lT-U4 for 15047@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 01 May 2016 11:12:30 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:52372) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awt2l-0000kv-QN; Sun, 01 May 2016 11:12:23 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2530 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1awt2e-0001vd-Ey; Sun, 01 May 2016 11:12:16 -0400 In-reply-to: <9de01255-e142-4d14-a7d8-296dbcdb9deb@default> (message from Drew Adams on Sun, 1 May 2016 06:28:04 -0800 (GMT-08:00)) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:117505 Archived-At: > Date: Sun, 1 May 2016 06:28:04 -0800 (GMT-08:00) > From: Drew Adams > Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen , 15047@debbugs.gnu.org > > > "DIRECTORY-PREDICATE is used to decide whether to descend into > > directories. It is a function which takes two arguments, the directory > > and its parent." > > > > I think with this wording its obvious what DIRECTORY-PREDICATE it is > > applied to. > > OK. > > > I also think the word "whether" suggests how the boolean return value is > > interpreted: descent when the predicate returns non-nil (aka "yes"). > > We could say that explicitly, sure, but I think it's worth it... > > "Whether" does not imply that non-nil (aka "yes") means descend. I think you are the only one who could ever imagine such a meaning of that sentence. > Admittedly, this is not very important. Still, if we are going > to spend time and energy talking about this, we might as well > make it right. Or we might stop wasting time splitting hair.