GNU bug report logs - #54296
Add buffer-matching functionality

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Message #23 received at 54296 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: "54296 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <54296 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,
 "larsi <at> gnus.org" <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : bug#54296: Add buffer-matching functionality
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 14:52:46 +0000

> > This is a predicate function, so its name should be buffer-matches-p
> > or maybe buffer-matches-condition-p.
> 
> I like buffer-matches-p.

(I'm not following this thread, BTW.)

"Matching" typically has a connotation of pattern
matching.  In the case of Emacs it is especially
about textual patterns matching text.

If you're testing a buffer object, and not just
its text or its name, then it's probably better
to speak of the buffer "satisfying" a condition
or a predicate than it is to speak of it
"matching" a condition or a predicate.

In general, patterns are matched; conditions and
predicates are satisfied.

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