From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18024: 24.4.50; doc of `y-or-n-p' misses the main functionality: what it returns Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 00:03:10 +0200 Message-ID: <87bn4snkdd.fsf@gnus.org> References: <11537e47-82da-4913-9f97-8afb105bdada@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1461967485 29358 80.91.229.3 (29 Apr 2016 22:04:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 22:04:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 18024@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 30 00:04:31 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 1awGWT-0000XV-LU for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 00:04:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56553 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awGWQ-0001q4-0h for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:04:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40152) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awGWH-0001cO-9v for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:04:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awGW5-0006YZ-Hz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:04:11 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:43698) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awGW5-0006Wn-F4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:04:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awGW1-0004Bk-PK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:04:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 22:04:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18024 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 18024-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18024.146196739416031 (code B ref 18024); Fri, 29 Apr 2016 22:04:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18024) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Apr 2016 22:03:14 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56032 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awGVG-0004AV-J2 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:03:14 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:51292) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awGVF-0004AN-6A for 18024@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:03:13 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.1.64.getinternet.no ([84.215.1.64] helo=mouse) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awGVC-0003W9-Jd; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 00:03:12 +0200 In-Reply-To: <11537e47-82da-4913-9f97-8afb105bdada@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 15 Jul 2014 08:23:54 -0700 (PDT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) 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:117274 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > 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. I've now changed the doc string to say what the "n" value is. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no