From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/emacs-24 r108143: run-hooks-with-args-* do fixes (bug#12393)
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:10:16 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvvcfc563g.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1TDmRM-0004cr-78@vcs.savannah.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:07:13 -0400")
> with the given arguments ARGS, until one of them
> returns a non-nil value. Then we return that value.
> However, if they all return nil, we return nil.
> +If the value of HOOK is nil, this function returns nil.
That seems redundant, since if the hook is nil, all the functions on the
hook return nil.
> -the given arguments and its return value is returned.
> +the given arguments. Then we return nil if the function returns nil,
> +and t if it returns non-nil.
Let's not force ourselves to return t. IOW `non-nil' would be better.
> If it is a list of functions, those functions are called, in order,
> with the given arguments ARGS, until one of them returns nil.
> -Then we return nil. However, if they all return non-nil, we return non-nil.
> +Then we return nil. However, if they all return non-nil, we return t.
> +If the value of HOOK is nil, this function returns t.
Again here specifying t instead of `non-nil' is a bad idea.
Stefan
next parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-18 4:10 UTC|newest]
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[not found] <E1TDmRM-0004cr-78@vcs.savannah.gnu.org>
2012-09-18 4:10 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2012-09-18 6:37 ` [Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/emacs-24 r108143: run-hooks-with-args-* do fixes (bug#12393) Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-18 6:55 ` Glenn Morris
2012-09-18 14:20 ` [Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/emacs-24r108143: " Drew Adams
2012-09-18 14:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-18 15:20 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-09-18 6:49 ` [Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/emacs-24 r108143: " Glenn Morris
2012-09-18 12:27 ` Stefan Monnier
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