From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 25439@debbugs.gnu.org, 40460@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#40460: 26.3; Make arg of `forward-whitespace' and `forward-symbol' optional
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2021 16:37:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r1ky51gp.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <218b8b86-40aa-4f43-b967-31a6759db97d@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Fri, 13 Jan 2017 08:49:03 -0800 (PST)")
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> The numeric argument to most `forward-*' commands is optional,
> defaulting to 1. This should be the case in general. These three
> commands require their ARG, but they should not. It should be
> optional and default to 1.
>
> `forward-button'
> `forward-symbol'
> `forward-whitespace'
It's true that this is somewhat inconsistent -- but I also think it's a
mistake that the other `forward-*' functions have an optional argument.
So I don't think making these follow that pattern is a move in the right
direction, and I'm closing this bug report.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-01-13 16:49 bug#25439: 24.5; `forward-*' cmds: numeric ARG should always be optional Drew Adams
2017-01-13 17:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-01 15:37 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2021-03-01 16:12 ` bug#25439: [External] : Re: bug#40460: 26.3; Make arg of `forward-whitespace' and `forward-symbol' optional Drew Adams
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2020-04-06 0:32 Drew Adams
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