GNU bug report logs - #26564
Document that only functions and not variables can end with "-p"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 15:48:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 27.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 26564 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 26564 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#26564: Document that only functions and not variables can end
 with "-p"
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 23:49:16 +0200

Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi <at> gmail.com> writes:

> -Examples are @code{framep} and @code{frame-live-p}.
> +Examples are @code{framep} and @code{frame-live-p}.  This predicate
> +suffix should not be used in variable names (i.e., you might name a
> +variable @code{foo-feature} instead of @code{foo-feature-p}).

I think we should not discourage naming variables bound to a predicate
"-p".  I guess you only mean "boolean variables" here?


Michael.
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