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

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Message #37 received at 22220-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ram Bhamidipaty <rbhamidipaty <at> roku.com>
Cc: jwiegley <at> gmail.com, 22220-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22220: 24.5; no documentation for default process sentinel
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 20:20:59 +0200

> From: Ram Bhamidipaty <rbhamidipaty <at> roku.com>
> CC: "22220 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <22220 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> 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.

It's okay: the change I've just committed adds that as well.

> 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.

It is now.

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