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bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible
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Andreas Schwab |
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bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible |
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Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:36:16 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
> 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.
Andreas.
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- bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible, Drew Adams, 2010/10/27
- bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible, Stefan Monnier, 2010/10/27
- bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible, Drew Adams, 2010/10/28
- bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible, Stefan Monnier, 2010/10/28
- bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible, Drew Adams, 2010/10/28
- bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible, Stefan Monnier, 2010/10/28
- bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible, Drew Adams, 2010/10/28
- bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible, Stefan Monnier, 2010/10/29
- bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible, Drew Adams, 2010/10/29
- bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible, Stefan Monnier, 2010/10/29
- bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible,
Andreas Schwab <=
- bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible, Stefan Monnier, 2010/10/29
- bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible, Andreas Schwab, 2010/10/29
- bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible, Eli Zaretskii, 2010/10/29
- bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible, Andy Moreton, 2010/10/29
- bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible, Eli Zaretskii, 2010/10/30
- bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible, Drew Adams, 2010/10/30
- bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible, Michael Albinus, 2010/10/30
- bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible, Drew Adams, 2010/10/30
- bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible, Alan Mackenzie, 2010/10/29
- bug#7291: 24.0.50; `non-essential' is incomprehensible, Michael Albinus, 2010/10/28