GNU bug report logs - #22220
24.5; no documentation for default process sentinel

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Reported by: Ram Bhamidipaty <rbhamidipaty <at> roku.com>

Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 01:51:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.5

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 22220 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: John Wiegley <jwiegley <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 22220 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Ram Bhamidipaty <rbhamidipaty <at> roku.com>
Subject: Re: bug#22220: 24.5; no documentation for default process sentinel
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 09:34:09 -0800

>>>>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> It would be nice if the default process sentinel were explicitly documented
>> - at least the name and formal description.

> As for the name, why is that important? You can always get it installed for
> the process using nil as the argument to set-process-sentinel, and the
> implementation is in C, so how would the name help?

I must admit to a similar confusion. Aside from the fact that more could be
said: does more need to be said?

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