From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#37488: 27.0.50; Inconsistent naming of arg of `text-property-search-forward' and `-backward' Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:17:11 +0200 Message-ID: <87h850v7l4.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87y2yfo8fv.fsf@web.de> <834l10oj0n.fsf@gnu.org> <87ef04u3ay.fsf@web.de> <83y2ycn21v.fsf@gnu.org> <87zhissmtd.fsf@web.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="189934"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: lekktu@gmail.com, 37488@debbugs.gnu.org To: Michael Heerdegen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 25 15:31:05 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 (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iD7Np-000nJ4-O7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:31:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50786 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iD7Nn-0004kE-NG for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Sep 2019 09:31:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:33352) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iD7BD-0007CD-Cm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Sep 2019 09:18:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iD7BC-0006NH-6v for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Sep 2019 09:18:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:60459) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iD7BC-0006ND-4E for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Sep 2019 09:18:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iD7BB-0003SC-VE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Sep 2019 09:18:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 13:18:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 37488 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 37488-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B37488.156941743913216 (code B ref 37488); Wed, 25 Sep 2019 13:18:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 37488) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Sep 2019 13:17:19 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41046 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iD7AV-0003R5-L4 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 25 Sep 2019 09:17:19 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:34548) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iD7AR-0003Qv-DP for 37488@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 25 Sep 2019 09:17:17 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=marnie) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iD7AN-0002rH-Rh; Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:17:14 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87zhissmtd.fsf@web.de> (Michael Heerdegen's message of "Wed, 25 Sep 2019 12:16:30 +0200") 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:167161 Archived-At: Michael Heerdegen writes: > Eli Zaretskii writes: > >> > note that PREDICATE -> nil means "not equal", so with VALUE -> nil this >> > actually searches for non-nil values of the text property, which is a >> > reasonable (and the expected) default behavior. >> >> Is it? IME, we usually search for a specific value, not for any >> value. > > For me, yes, the function fills a certain gap. But I'm not an expert on > that matter. In my experience, we almost never search for a specific value for a text property, but any text that has that property. That's why I added the nil PREDICATE to avoid having to supply that awkward lambda into every function I wrote... -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no