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24.0.50; `find-grep-options' - fn name doesn't fit doc string

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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 8757 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8757: 24.0.50; `find-grep-options' - fn name doesn't fit doc string
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:15:24 +0200

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> Maybe the function should be called `find-grep-silence-options' or
> `find-grep-quiet-options'.  If the value is supposed to represent the
> switches that make `grep' as silent as possible, then this is about
> silence or quiet - it is not about options in general.  Also, in Emacs
> we don't usually call these "options" - we call them "switches":
> `find-grep-quiet-switches'.
>
> Besides, the Emacs option just above this one is called
> `find-ls-subdir-switches' - switches, not options.

I agree that the variable name is not optimal, but it's not actively
misleading, and changing it would be of little benefit.  I'm closing
this report.

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