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

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
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: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 22:27:17 +0200

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

> Subject: [PATCH] Document convention to reserve "p" or "-p" suffix for
>  predicate fns
>
> * doc/lispref/tips.texi (Coding Conventions): The "p" or "-p" suffix
>   should be used for only predicate functions, and not
>   variables.  (Bug#26564)

I've now applied this to Emacs 27.

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