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From: | Stefan Monnier |
Subject: | bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible |
Date: | Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:03:03 -0400 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
>> Honestly, I can't think of any way someone who has the least bit of >> familiarity with Elisp can wonder "whether `non-essential'=nil or >> `non-essential'=t means performing a non-essential task (whatever that >> in turn might mean)". > The variable is badly named. It should be using a positive form, like > allow-whatever. `allow-whatever' does strike me as being any better. Any other suggestion? Stefan
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