From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 19461@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19461: 25.0.50; doc of `display-buffer-*' functions that take ALIST arg
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2019 14:13:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pnll3z8f.fsf@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d0hlb18h.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sun, 04 Aug 2019 13:48:14 +0200")
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> > Readers might then ask why it does not use the "--" notation.
>
> And the answer is the same as with all the other internal functions
> that don't -- historical reasons.
My opinion is: when calling the function from Lisp it is internal, but
the name is public. It would look wrong if users would have to write
"--" named functions in the ACTION argument. So it's better to avoid
the word "internal" as in Martins suggestion.
Michael.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-08-04 12:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-12-28 20:50 bug#19461: 25.0.50; doc of `display-buffer-*' functions that take ALIST arg Drew Adams
2019-08-02 20:44 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-08-03 7:58 ` martin rudalics
2019-08-03 9:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-08-03 10:59 ` martin rudalics
2019-08-03 11:02 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-08-03 11:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-08-04 2:45 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-08-04 8:01 ` martin rudalics
2019-08-04 11:18 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-08-05 9:22 ` martin rudalics
2019-08-04 11:48 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-08-04 12:13 ` Michael Heerdegen [this message]
2019-08-04 15:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-08-05 9:23 ` martin rudalics
2021-09-25 16:12 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-26 9:11 ` martin rudalics
2021-09-26 9:34 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-08-05 1:06 ` Drew Adams
2019-08-05 9:23 ` martin rudalics
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