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Inconsistent y-or-n-p prompt behavior in Emacs Lisp

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Message #23 received at 71429 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: gabriele <at> medialab.sissa.it, 71429 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>, stefankangas <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#71429: Inconsistent y-or-n-p prompt behavior in Emacs Lisp
Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2024 11:38:53 -0400

> Thanks.  To me, this means that key-valid-p should bind
> search-spaces-regexp to nil, because otherwise the value will subvert
> its contract.  Do you agree?

I kind of agree, but I wonder why it would be non-nil at this point.
AFAIK `search-spaces-regexp` is meant for interactive searches, so
let-binding it around code like `substitute-command-keys`,
`split-string`, or `key-valid-p` sounds like a bug.


        Stefan

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