From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#34794: 26.1; doc of `read-buffer' Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2019 20:26:31 +0200 Message-ID: <83o96j7vl4.fsf@gnu.org> References: <> <<831s3g7zv1.fsf@gnu.org>> <83r2bf7w21.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="79028"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 34794-done@debbugs.gnu.org To: drew.adams@oracle.com Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 09 19:28:11 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1h2ghf-000KSm-9j for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Mar 2019 19:28:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34005 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h2ghe-0004SE-5N for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Mar 2019 13:28:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:54283) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h2ghX-0004S8-Kv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Mar 2019 13:28:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h2ghW-00036D-UY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Mar 2019 13:28:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:52071) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h2ghW-00035n-ON for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Mar 2019 13:28:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1h2ghW-0003gc-G1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Mar 2019 13:28:02 -0500 Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2019 18:28:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: cc-closed 34794 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Mail-Followup-To: 34794@debbugs.gnu.org, eliz@gnu.org, drew.adams@oracle.com Original-Received: via spool by 34794-done@debbugs.gnu.org id=D34794.155215602614099 (code D ref 34794); Sat, 09 Mar 2019 18:28:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 34794-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Mar 2019 18:27:06 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37381 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1h2ggc-0003fL-Jd for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 09 Mar 2019 13:27:06 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:39794) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1h2gga-0003er-ON for 34794-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 09 Mar 2019 13:27:05 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:34037) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h2ggV-00026w-Da; Sat, 09 Mar 2019 13:26:59 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1896 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1h2ggS-0004zG-NW; Sat, 09 Mar 2019 13:26:59 -0500 In-reply-to: <83r2bf7w21.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Sat, 09 Mar 2019 20:16:22 +0200) 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: 209.51.188.43 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:156198 Archived-At: > Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2019 20:16:22 +0200 > From: Eli Zaretskii > Cc: 34794@debbugs.gnu.org > > > I cannot tell from the doc string that the default value, > > i.e., the value returned when DEF is nil, is the empty > > string. > > Optional second arg DEF is value to return if user enters an empty line. > > Doesn't this say that when DEF is omitted the function will return > that empty line? I made a small change to make it even more clear. > > It's not hard to state what the default DEF behavior > > is, and then later say that if `read-buffer-function' > > is non-nil then the use of the other args is up to it, > > i.e., not necessarily as described above. This is > > not unusual for a function that optionally accepts a > > function arg as one possibility. > > Please suggest such a text, because I definitely don't see an easy way > of saying that, without triggering more bug reports like this one. Didn't do anything about this. Feel free to reopen if you think the bug is not done without that.