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From: Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Elisp string function question
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2021 10:43:10 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvtulvb5mu.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20210618121807.xsjdbv4ouqbv4uex@Ergus

Ergus [2021-06-18 14:18:07] wrote:
> (string-empty-p nil) returns nil. But nil is not an non-empty string. This
> forces to add some extra checks when using this function.

BTW, I think you're much better off just not using `string-empty-p` and
just use `equal` or `string=`, which is more concise and at least
as clear.


        Stefan




  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-06-18 14:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20210618121807.xsjdbv4ouqbv4uex.ref@Ergus>
2021-06-18 12:18 ` Elisp string function question Ergus
2021-06-18 12:28   ` Jean Louis
2021-06-18 12:36   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-18 13:32     ` Robert Pluim
2021-06-18 13:48       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-18 14:02         ` Robert Pluim
2021-06-18 14:23           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-18 14:54             ` Robert Pluim
2021-06-18 14:43   ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [this message]
2021-06-18 17:41   ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-06-18 21:25   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-06-20  1:09     ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-06-20  1:15       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-06-20  1:26         ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-06-19  0:24   ` Michael Heerdegen

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