GNU bug report logs - #76055
29.4; Doc of string-empty-p

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

Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2025 20:29:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 29.4

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 76055 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 76055 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#76055: 29.4; Doc of string-empty-p
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 22:13:58 +0200

> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> CC: "76055 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <76055 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2025 17:13:17 +0000
> 
> To be more precise: Please do it for each
> such function where you can guess that this
> behavior isn't just a side effect or that's
> likely to be changed without notice.

How can anyone know that?

> My guess is that 90% or more of the cases
> where we do this are intentional - we
> explicitly _want_ to let users use a symbol
> in place of a string.  That means it's in
> the _design_, not just an implementation
> side effect.

That a function calls string= doesn't yet mean its author meant to
allow symbols.
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