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bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file'
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Andreas Schwab |
Subject: |
bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file' |
Date: |
Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:17:00 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.91 (gnu/linux) |
"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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- 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, 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', 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