From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 8757@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8757: 24.0.50; `find-grep-options' - fn name doesn't fit doc string
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:15:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3hb6n7hqb.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <989FB6AFE803448786A3F4DFDBC7D4D9@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 29 May 2011 15:26:01 -0700")
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> Maybe the function should be called `find-grep-silence-options' or
> `find-grep-quiet-options'. If the value is supposed to represent the
> switches that make `grep' as silent as possible, then this is about
> silence or quiet - it is not about options in general. Also, in Emacs
> we don't usually call these "options" - we call them "switches":
> `find-grep-quiet-switches'.
>
> Besides, the Emacs option just above this one is called
> `find-ls-subdir-switches' - switches, not options.
I agree that the variable name is not optimal, but it's not actively
misleading, and changing it would be of little benefit. I'm closing
this report.
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2011-05-29 22:26 bug#8757: 24.0.50; `find-grep-options' - fn name doesn't fit doc string Drew Adams
2011-07-15 14:15 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2011-07-15 15:24 ` Drew Adams
2011-07-15 15:28 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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