GNU bug report logs - #14743
24.3.50; doc string of `read-regexp'

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 23:05:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.3.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 14743 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: 14743 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#14743: 24.3.50; doc string of `read-regexp'
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 16:06:44 -0700 (PDT)

> > Optional argument DEFAULT is a string or a list of the form
> > \(DEFLT . SUGGESTIONS), where DEFLT is a string or nil.
> 
> The name DEFLT is too obscure.

OK.

For years we called even some very prominent command parameters DEF.
That can be confused with "def" as in "define" or "definition", but
it would probably be OK here: (DEF . SUGGESTIONS).

The parameter name should not be the same as its car.
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