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bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file'
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Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file' |
Date: |
Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:08:19 -0800 |
> > "Optional second argument NOERROR, if t, means if file is not found
> > just return nil (no error)."
>
> > Sigh. 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.
>
> Well, it does say that if you use a non-nil and non-t value, you're on
> your own.
No, it does _not_ say that. It says nothing of the kind. It says nothing about
non-nil and non-t. Saying nothing is not the same thing as saying you're on
your own - far from it.
There is zero reason to mention any particular non-nil value here, unless there
really is something special about the behavior of that non-nil value. Judging
by the email replies, there is not.
> So the only potentially missing doc is what happens when
> it's absent (aka nil), which is only explained in a indirect way.
There is no problem understanding what nil does.
You could have corrected this and made it crystal clear by now, by simply
changing `t' to `non-nil'. Instead, defensive justification...
- bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file', Drew Adams, 2011/11/15
- bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file', Stefan Monnier, 2011/11/15
- bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file',
Drew Adams <=
- bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file', Stefan Monnier, 2011/11/15
- bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file', Stefan Monnier, 2011/11/15
- bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file', Drew Adams, 2011/11/15
- bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file', Glenn Morris, 2011/11/15
- bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file', Drew Adams, 2011/11/16
- bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file', Stefan Monnier, 2011/11/15
- bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file', Drew Adams, 2011/11/16
- bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file', Eli Zaretskii, 2011/11/16
- bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file', Drew Adams, 2011/11/16
- bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file', Eli Zaretskii, 2011/11/16