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bug#8682: 24.0.50; doc strings of `isearch-mode', `isearch-forward', etc
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#8682: 24.0.50; doc strings of `isearch-mode', `isearch-forward', etc. |
Date: |
Tue, 17 May 2011 07:46:36 -0700 |
> > (Also, some `isearch-mode' arguments should be renamed with `-P', to
> > indicate that they are boolean flags: FORWARD-P, REGEXP-P,
> > RECURSIVE-EDIT-P.)
>
> No.
Yes, I know your argument that you want to distinguish Boolean functions (even
nullary) from Boolean-valued variables. Still, it is a useful convention that
conveys information.
If you don't like `-P' because you think it too closely conveys "predicate" (and
you don't want to consider a variable as a nullary predicate), then choose
another naming convention for this. It is quite helpful to suggest by a
parameter's name that it represents a truth value: nil/non-nil.