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RE: [External] : Re: master 7f53446: Doc fix for y-or-n-p; trailing spac


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: [External] : Re: master 7f53446: Doc fix for y-or-n-p; trailing space is no longer needed
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2023 16:12:23 +0000

>     >> (but `yes-or-no-p' should be fixed to add a space if there
>     >> isnʼt one).
> 
>     Drew> I'm not following this thread, so apologies if
>     Drew> my comment is irrelevant or misguided.
> 
> If you were, your comments would have been shorter

If I were what?

> - `y-or-n-p' has, since emacs 24.3 or so, appended a space to the prompt
>   if there wasnʼt one
> - `yes-or-no-p' doesnʼt mess with the prompt
> 
> This discussion is about the documentation of those two facts, which
> needs adjusting since itʼs currently incorrect. 

Oh, it's the _doc_ that needs adjusting to those facts?
OK, then.  So no change in the _behavior_ is being
considered.

> There was a suggestion by me to maybe align `yes-or-no-p'
> behaviour (what you call "dwim") to match `y-or-n-p',
> but since thatʼs 'legacy' I doubt itʼs going to be done.

OK, so nothing is changing, apparently.  Sorry for the noise.

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