[debbugs-tracker] bug#22748: closed (24.5; (elisp) `Type Predicates': Repeat the rule from `Coding Conventions')

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has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #22748,
regarding 24.5; (elisp) `Type Predicates': Repeat the rule from `Coding 
Conventions'
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> 24.5; (elisp) `Type Predicates': Repeat the rule from `Coding Conventions'
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> Sat, 20 Feb 2016 10:23:32 -0800 (PST)
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> (elisp) `Coding Conventions' makes clear that a predicate name that has
> multiple words should end in `-p', not just `p'.  This should also be
> made clear in node `Type Predicates', which currently says only this
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>   Following a general Lisp convention for predicate functions, most type
>   predicates=A1=AF names end with =A1=AEp=A1=AF.
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> And that node should have a cross reference to node `Coding
> Conventions', which details the "general Lisp convention for predicate
> functions" that it refers to.
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> In GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
>  of 2015-04-11 on LEG570
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
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>  `configure --prefix=3D/c/usr --host=3Di686-pc-mingw32'
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> Re: bug#22748: 24.5; (elisp) `Type Predicates': Repeat the rule from `Coding Conventions'
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> > Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 10:23:32 -0800 (PST)
> > From: Drew Adams <address@hidden>
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> > (elisp) `Coding Conventions' makes clear that a predicate name that has
> > multiple words should end in `-p', not just `p'.  This should also be
> > made clear in node `Type Predicates', which currently says only this
> > about the naming:
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> >   Following a general Lisp convention for predicate functions, most type
> >   predicates=A1=AF names end with =A1=AEp=A1=AF.
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> > And that node should have a cross reference to node `Coding
> > Conventions', which details the "general Lisp convention for predicate
> > functions" that it refers to.
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> "Coding Conventions" are about future code; "Type Predicates" describe
> the reality.  These two are not necessarily identical.
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> Closing.
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