GNU bug report logs - #12443
24.2.50; Default values in the minibuffer prompt (fix

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:08:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.2.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #130 received at 12443 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 12443 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12443: 24.2.50; Default values in the minibuffer prompt
 (fix inconsisntecy)
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2020 21:50:06 +0300

> Sixth arg DEFAULT-VALUE, if non-nil, should be a string, which is used
>   as the default to ‘read’ if READ is non-nil and the user enters
>   empty input.  But if READ is nil, this function does _not_ return
>   DEFAULT-VALUE for empty input!  Instead, it returns the empty string.
>
> But what a...  strange interface.

It seems this "default" value is needed here only for convenience
of retrieving it into the minibuffer for editing using the M-n key.
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