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set-window-dedicated-p: args should be marked as optional

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Message #17 received at 44107 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>
To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
Cc: 44107 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44107: set-window-dedicated-p: args should be marked as
 optional
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:47:07 -0400

On 2020-10-21 01:25, Basil L. Contovounesios wrote:
> Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com> writes:
>
> > On 2020-10-21 01:13, Basil L. Contovounesios wrote:
> >> Or are you suggesting that the function's arguments _be made_ optional,
> >> since they are both allowed to be nil?  (A positional argument that can
> >> be nil is not the same as an optional argument.)
> >
> > Yes, I see I was unclear about that. They should be made optional since
> > both may be nil.
>
> I don't think that would make sense, since
>
>   (set-window-dedicated-p nil nil)
>
> undedicates the selected window, but if I saw its (proposed) equivalent
>
>   (set-window-dedicated-p)
>
> I'd think the opposite.

Good point. And since WINDOW is sequentially the first arg, it alone
can't be optional. Unless you or someone else has a better idea then,
this report should be closed.

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