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From: Bastien <bastienguerry@googlemail.com>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, 3936@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: bug#3936: 23.0.96; doc string of called-interactively-p
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:43:36 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r5w2lj6v.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B7C45DCE3B4B4510B0A9D8E3BA41AEF1@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:24:03 -0700")

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>> > "Return t if the function using this was called with
>> > `call-interactively'."
>> 
>> I replaced this by :
>> 
>>   Return t if it is in a function called with `call-interactively'.
>
> That's just as bad. 

Thanks. :)

> What's "it"?

Usually "it" in a docstring refers to the function/variable the
docstring is documenting.  At least this is how I understand it.

> I really don't understand what you are trying to say. 

Are you sure?  Even the name of this function is very explicit:
"call-interactively-p", and I bet you know what it does - so it
shouldn't be hard to guess what the docstring is trying to say.

> When does `called-interactively-p' return t?

When the function in which (call-interactively-p) is has been
interactively called with (call-interactively ...)

> It should be possible to describe that
> condition. What does the code say?

Please suggest something better - with this small annoying constraints
that the first line has to be quite short.

-- 
 Bastien





  reply	other threads:[~2009-07-27  6:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <877hx4n3r0.fsf@cyd.mit.edu>
2009-07-26 20:56 ` bug#3936: 23.0.96; doc string of called-interactively-p Drew Adams
2009-07-27  2:03   ` Bastien
2009-07-27  6:24     ` Drew Adams
2009-07-27  6:43       ` Bastien [this message]
2009-07-27  8:18         ` Drew Adams
2009-07-27  9:17           ` Bastien
2009-07-27 16:04             ` Drew Adams
2009-08-15 22:00   ` bug#3936: marked as done (23.0.96; doc string of called-interactively-p) Emacs bug Tracking System

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