From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 10057@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file'
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:17:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m21ut9c9pf.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <10D9D80D634A446E93BA4AC43B95B359@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:56:12 -0800")
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>> > "Optional second argument NOERROR, if t, means if file is not found
>> > just return nil (no error)."
>> >
>> > This says only what a value of `t' means. It does not say what
>> > other non-nil values mean. Please state clearly and completely what
>> > NOERROR means.
>>
>> Do you know other possible non-nil values?
>
> No, not I. If all non-nil values are treated the same, then the doc should not
> single out `t'. As it stands now, it says "if t, ..." it means ..., which
> _suggests_ that that is the case _only_ if t.
You are supposed to use only the value that is documented. This is
called future compatibility.
Andreas.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-11-15 22:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-15 20:30 bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file' Drew Adams
2011-11-15 21:39 ` Juri Linkov
2011-11-15 21:56 ` Drew Adams
2011-11-15 22:17 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2011-11-15 22:21 ` Drew Adams
2011-11-15 21:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-11-15 22:08 ` Drew Adams
2011-11-16 2:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-11-16 2:29 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-11-16 3:05 ` Drew Adams
2011-11-16 3:24 ` Glenn Morris
2011-11-16 5:23 ` Drew Adams
2011-11-16 4:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-11-16 5:24 ` Drew Adams
2011-11-16 8:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-11-16 14:52 ` Drew Adams
2011-11-16 18:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-11-16 18:29 ` Drew Adams
2011-11-16 18:43 ` Memnon Anon
2011-11-16 19:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-11-16 17:03 ` Juri Linkov
2011-11-16 18:29 ` Drew Adams
2011-11-16 19:31 ` Juri Linkov
2011-11-16 20:04 ` Drew Adams
2011-11-16 20:28 ` Juri Linkov
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