From: Stefan Monnier via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol@posteo.net>, 64902@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#64902: 30.0.50; REQUIRE-MATCH completing-read arg in describe-* commands
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 23:12:21 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvbkfwg29w.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83ila5l2az.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Thu, 27 Jul 2023 19:57:56 +0300")
>> `completing-read` REQUIRE-MATCH arg in describe-variable == t,
>> describe-symbol == t and describe-function == 'confirm ?
>>
>> I see no reasons why `describe-function` uses 'confirm but maybe I am
>> missing something?
>
> Stefan (CC'ed) made that change last September, and it looks
> deliberate.
>
> Stefan?
I'm not sure what was the situation that motivated it, because I failed
to write it in the comment or commit message :-(
I suspect it might have been when a function is advised but not yet defined.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-07-28 3:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-07-27 14:52 bug#64902: 30.0.50; REQUIRE-MATCH completing-read arg in describe-* commands Thierry Volpiatto
2023-07-27 16:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-28 3:12 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors [this message]
2023-07-28 5:41 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-07-28 14:20 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-07-28 16:16 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-07-29 5:28 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-03 8:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-03 13:30 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-08-03 21:55 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-08-05 6:51 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-15 14:23 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-08-15 15:41 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-15 16:34 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-08-15 17:00 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-08-05 6:39 ` Thierry Volpiatto
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