GNU bug report logs - #63557
26.3; Doc string of `find-file-run-dired'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 19:44:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 26.3

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 63557 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#63557: 26.3; Doc string of `find-file-run-dired'
Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 08:23:22 +0300

> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 19:43:17 +0000
> 
> Instead of just saying that non-nil allows `find-file' to visit
> directories, say also (as does (emacs) `Visiting') that otherwise (i.e.,
> nil) raises an error when the arg is a directory name.

How would you interpret "allows" in any other sense?  What could "does
not allow" mean when the value is nil?

IOW, I don't see why would we need to spoon-feed the user in this
case.  The meaning of nil is crystal clear to me.
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