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bug#8757: 24.0.50; `find-grep-options' - fn name doesn't fit doc string
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Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#8757: 24.0.50; `find-grep-options' - fn name doesn't fit doc string |
Date: |
Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:15:24 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> Maybe the function should be called `find-grep-silence-options' or
> `find-grep-quiet-options'. If the value is supposed to represent the
> switches that make `grep' as silent as possible, then this is about
> silence or quiet - it is not about options in general. Also, in Emacs
> we don't usually call these "options" - we call them "switches":
> `find-grep-quiet-switches'.
>
> Besides, the Emacs option just above this one is called
> `find-ls-subdir-switches' - switches, not options.
I agree that the variable name is not optimal, but it's not actively
misleading, and changing it would be of little benefit. I'm closing
this report.
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