From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#15047: 24.3.50; doc string of `find-listp-find-files' etc. Date: Sun, 1 May 2016 06:28:04 -0800 (GMT-08:00) Message-ID: <9de01255-e142-4d14-a7d8-296dbcdb9deb@default> References: <87inz08rkv.fsf@gnus.org> <3a7790ce-afe5-42dc-b55c-9a1e31f8b30f@default> <87zis93n89.fsf@web.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1462112984 14946 80.91.229.3 (1 May 2016 14:29:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 1 May 2016 14:29:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen , 15047@debbugs.gnu.org To: Michael Heerdegen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 01 16:29:31 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1awsNG-00081C-RX for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 01 May 2016 16:29:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33302 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awsND-0007wD-3Y for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 01 May 2016 10:29:27 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33310) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awsN3-0007jW-F5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 01 May 2016 10:29:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awsMr-0007zx-Qa for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 01 May 2016 10:29:12 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:48420) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awsMr-0007yh-O3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 01 May 2016 10:29:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awsMo-000826-CT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 01 May 2016 10:29:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 01 May 2016 14:29:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15047 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: fixed Original-Received: via spool by 15047-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15047.146211289630824 (code B ref 15047); Sun, 01 May 2016 14:29:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 15047) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 May 2016 14:28:16 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60757 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awsM3-000816-PD for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 01 May 2016 10:28:15 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:19597) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awsM2-00080t-C7 for 15047@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 01 May 2016 10:28:14 -0400 Original-Received: from aserv0022.oracle.com (aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id u41ES7wP013118 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 1 May 2016 14:28:07 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0121.oracle.com (aserv0121.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by aserv0022.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u41ES7c2000438 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 1 May 2016 14:28:07 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0019.oracle.com (abhmp0019.oracle.com [141.146.116.25]) by aserv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u41ES5cw032561; Sun, 1 May 2016 14:28:06 GMT In-Reply-To: <87zis93n89.fsf@web.de> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6744.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234] 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: 208.118.235.43 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:117501 Archived-At: > "DIRECTORY-PREDICATE is used to decide whether to descend into > directories. It is a function which takes two arguments, the directory > and its parent." >=20 > I think with this wording its obvious what DIRECTORY-PREDICATE it is > applied to. OK. > I also think the word "whether" suggests how the boolean return value is > interpreted: descent when the predicate returns non-nil (aka "yes"). > We could say that explicitly, sure, but I think it's worth it... "Whether" does not imply that non-nil (aka "yes") means descend. It can just as easily mean do not descend. Yes, it's a predicate, and yes, whether to descend is decided based on the return value. But which return value means descend? "Whether" tells you no more than "predicate" or "if". Admittedly, this is not very important. Still, if we are going to spend time and energy talking about this, we might as well make it right.