GNU bug report logs - #7086
`booleanp' return value is multi-valued list

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: MON KEY <monkey <at> sandpframing.com>

Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:56:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 7086 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: MON KEY <monkey <at> sandpframing.com>
Cc: kevin.d.rodgers <at> gmail.com, 7086 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7086: `booleanp' return value is multi-valued list
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:31:21 +0200

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 06:22, MON KEY <monkey <at> sandpframing.com> wrote:

> I'm pretty sure returning a single value is NTRT and can only generate
> confusion e.g.:

No. Returning a single value is what is *expected* of a type predicate
in Emacs Lisp, and so far it hasn't apparently generated any
confusion.

    Juanma
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