From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: yes-or-no-p prompt conditionally broken in master? Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2015 11:26:46 +0200 Message-ID: <87k2s6o7qh.fsf@igel.home> References: <83k2s7a247.fsf@gnu.org> <55E88336.5060703@yandex.ru> <83h9nb9z5l.fsf@gnu.org> <55E8879B.9050107@yandex.ru> <83fv2v9y9z.fsf@gnu.org> <57355235-9af7-49fb-81b5-93182cfc9d49@default> <83a8t39x3t.fsf@gnu.org> <83zj128slp.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1441358829 11623 80.91.229.3 (4 Sep 2015 09:27:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 09:27:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: kaushal.modi@gmail.com, bruce.connor.am@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, dgutov@yandex.ru, drew.adams@oracle.com To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 04 11:26:59 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1ZXnGr-00080A-RH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 11:26:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57355 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXnGr-0001Bz-1O for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 05:26:57 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56573) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXnGn-0001Bg-Sx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 05:26:54 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXnGn-0002RS-4E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 05:26:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:40761) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXnGj-0002LP-BD; Fri, 04 Sep 2015 05:26:49 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3n6ttc4TBYz3hhp7; Fri, 4 Sep 2015 11:26:48 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3n6ttc33CkzvPsq; Fri, 4 Sep 2015 11:26:48 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id pDZ3LVjwTS6L; Fri, 4 Sep 2015 11:26:47 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: xfPjABeDqkWfbmkGg8EAlEikY6rT7+UQMgi7gD9pi6hA+qI3MWXUpFYnqLdGwET/ Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-93-104-187-196.dynamic.mnet-online.de [93.104.187.196]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Fri, 4 Sep 2015 11:26:47 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DE5ED2C3934; Fri, 4 Sep 2015 11:26:46 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: I'm using my X-RAY VISION to obtain a rare glimpse of the INNER WORKINGS of this POTATO!! In-Reply-To: <83zj128slp.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:02:42 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 212.18.0.10 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:189576 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > Any objections to removing yes-or-no-p (with a defalias for backward > compatibility, of course) and making y-or-n-p serve both duties, > controlled by some defcustom? That doesn't make sense. They implement different intented meaning. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."