Subject: Re: bug#16493: 24.3.50; (setq search-invisible t) is useless, let's allow to turn visible-mode temporarily on

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 18:59:43 +0300

> From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
> Cc: [email-masked],  [email-masked],  [email-masked]
> Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 11:35:01 -0400
> 
> - could you explain what you find confusing about `(t)`?

It's neither nil nor t.  So its semantics is unclear, until you read
the documentation.  I also envision people making mistakes and using
just t.