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29.0.91; Should there be a command to delete a register?

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 29.0.91; Should there be a command to delete a register?
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2023 19:45:06 +0000

There has never been such a command, and you can simply set an existing
register to a new value, so arguably there's no need for a delete
command.  But it might be clearer for users if they could explicitly
delete a register, so it didn't show up in preview lists etc.


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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 64355 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64355: 29.0.91;
 Should there be a command to delete a register?
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2023 22:15:53 -0400

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  > There has never been such a command, and you can simply set an existing
  > register to a new value, so arguably there's no need for a delete
  > command.  But it might be clearer for users if they could explicitly
  > delete a register, so it didn't show up in preview lists etc.

I suggest we choose the simpler option: no change.

Let's not add commands merely for symmetry's sake.

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Message #13 received at 64355 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 64355 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: Re: bug#64355: 29.0.91;
 Should there be a command to delete a register?
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2023 13:23:38 -0700

tags 64355 wontfix
close 64355
thanks

Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> writes:

>   > There has never been such a command, and you can simply set an existing
>   > register to a new value, so arguably there's no need for a delete
>   > command.  But it might be clearer for users if they could explicitly
>   > delete a register, so it didn't show up in preview lists etc.
>
> I suggest we choose the simpler option: no change.
>
> Let's not add commands merely for symmetry's sake.

I tend to agree with Richard, especially seeing that we have no use case
for this.  I'm therefore closing this bug report.

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