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24.5; no documentation for default process sentinel

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From: Ram Bhamidipaty <rbhamidipaty <at> roku.com>
To: John Wiegley <jwiegley <at> gmail.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: "22220 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <22220 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#22220: 24.5; no documentation for default process sentinel
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 17:54:12 +0000

There is also a slight problem with the set-process-sentinel docs - there really isn't anything that says a process starts with a default sentinel - even if the set-process-sentinel function is not called.

The current docs set-process-sentinel docs just say what happens if the sentinel argument is nil. Careful reading certainly implies that the default sentinel will be given to a process - but surely this kind of information can be more explicit.

-Ram

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From: John Wiegley [mailto:jwiegley <at> gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 9:34 AM
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Ram Bhamidipaty <rbhamidipaty <at> roku.com>; 22220 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22220: 24.5; no documentation for default process sentinel

>>>>> 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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