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bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file'
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Drew Adams |
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bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file' |
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Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:29:59 -0800 |
> > Not according to Stefan's "general rule": According to
> > that, omission indicates clearly to everyone that that
> > the behavior is unpredictable and unsupported.
>
> That's a misrepresentation of what Stefan said.
No, I don't think so:
>> You apparently want a non-nil, non-t value to implicitly be
>> considered unpredictable and unsupported ("you're on your own"),
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> for the benefit of "future compatibility", and you apparently
>> do not want to tell users that explicitly.
>
> Saying this explicitly everywhere we rely on it would be silly.
> It's a general rule that applies to all software I know.
What part of what he said does _not_ confirm that he claims that omission
implicitly indicates to readers that the behavior is unpredictable and
unsupported?
And again:
> Well, [the doc string] does say that if you use a non-nil
> and non-t value, you're on your own.
The doc string says nothing explicit about non-nil and non-t.
His claim is that it says this implicitly, by omission.
- bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file', (continued)
- 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
- bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file',
Drew Adams <=
- bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file', Memnon Anon, 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', Juri Linkov, 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', Juri Linkov, 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', Juri Linkov, 2011/11/16