GNU bug report logs - #10057
24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file'

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Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:32:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Found in version 24.0.91

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Memnon Anon <gegendosenfleisch <at> googlemail.com>
Cc: 10057 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10057: 24.0.91; doc string of `Info-find-file'
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:56:10 +0200

> From: Memnon Anon <gegendosenfleisch <at> googlemail.com>
> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:43:53 +0000 (UTC)
> 
> ,----[ (info "(elisp)Documentation Tips") ]
> |    * The documentation string for a variable that is a yes-or-no flag
> |      should start with words such as "Non-nil means," to make it clear
> !      that all non-`nil' values are equivalent and indicate explicitly
> |      what `nil' and non-`nil' mean.
> `----
> 
> How is this so much different?

It is different because it's not a yes-or-no flag.
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