GNU bug report logs - #63399
28.2; Documentation for yes-or-no-p wrong/different between docstring and lispref

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tim Landscheidt <tim <at> tim-landscheidt.de>

Date: Tue, 9 May 2023 20:36:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 28.2

Fixed in version 30.1

Done: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 63399 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 63399 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Tim Landscheidt <tim <at> tim-landscheidt.de>
Subject: Re: bug#63399: 28.2; Documentation for yes-or-no-p wrong/different
 between docstring and lispref
Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 16:05:54 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

Hi Eli,

> You are supposed to include the trailing blank if you want to ensure
> there's a blank between the prompt and the "(y or n)" part.

In y-or-n-p, we add a trailing space if it doesn't exist. So I assume we
could do it in yes-or-no-p as well. See my other message, where I have
proposed a patch.

Best regards, Michael.
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