From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file' Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:17:00 +0100 Message-ID: References: <8B7B45455BDC4BFBAC6E24B36D21695F@us.oracle.com> <87ty65m5ec.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <10D9D80D634A446E93BA4AC43B95B359@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1321395463 9641 80.91.229.12 (15 Nov 2011 22:17:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:17:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10057@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 15 23:17:39 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RQRJv-0007rT-Cr for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:17:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56881 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQRJu-0000NB-UN for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:17:34 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:47235) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQRJn-0000Mk-U1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:17:32 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQRJh-0005uN-72 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:17:27 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:49442) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQRJh-0005uI-30 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:17:21 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RQRKM-0004S2-6K for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:18:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:18:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10057 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 10057-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10057.132139546917081 (code B ref 10057); Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:18:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10057) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Nov 2011 22:17:49 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RQRK8-0004RS-JC for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:17:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RQRK5-0004RJ-4p for 10057@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:17:46 -0500 Original-Received: from frontend1.mail.m-online.net (frontend1.mail.intern.m-online.net [192.168.8.180]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB5E9188B5BB; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:19:17 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.8.164]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CE481C00063; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:17:01 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.180]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.8.164]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id OtlRLnLNAZyE; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:17:00 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-88-217-117-0.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.117.0]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTP; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:17:00 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 501) id 7041DCA29C; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:17:00 +0100 (CET) X-Yow: QUIET!! 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In-Reply-To: <10D9D80D634A446E93BA4AC43B95B359@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:56:12 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.91 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:18:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:53959 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" 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. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."