Re: is the calendar broken?

[Ed Reingold]

Wait a sec!  There is no bug.

Look at the docs.  This function defaults to the list of all 
holidays which is NOT dynamic--it is computed on startup.  Since the call is 
made with no value for the optional parameter L (the list), the startup value 
of calendar-holidays is assumed.

If you want holidays from specific lists, you need to give a value for L.

This function is intended primarily for interactive use, by the way.


> I did this:
> 
>     (progn
>       (setq christian-holidays nil)
>       (setq hebrew-holidays nil)
>       (setq islamic-holidays nil)
>       (setq solar-holidays nil)
>       (setq bahai-holidays nil)
>       (setq oriental-holidays nil)
>       (setq all-christian-calendar-holidays nil)
>       (setq all-hebrew-calendar-holidays nil)
>       (setq all-islamic-calendar-holidays nil)
>       (setq all-solar-calendar-holidays nil)
>       (setq all-bahai-calendar-holidays nil)
>       )
> 
> And then this:
>   (list-holidays 2006 2006)
> 
> and I got this:
> 
>   Sunday, January 29, 2006: Chinese New Year (Bing-Xu)
>   Tuesday, January 31, 2006: Islamic New Year 1427
>   Wednesday, March 1, 2006: Ash Wednesday
>   Monday, March 20, 2006: Vernal Equinox 6:25pm (UTC)
>   Tuesday, March 21, 2006: Baha'i New Year (Naw-Ruz) 163
>   Thursday, April 13, 2006: Passover
>   Friday, April 14, 2006: Good Friday
>   Sunday, April 16, 2006: Easter Sunday
>   Friday, April 21, 2006: First Day of Ridvan
>   Saturday, April 29, 2006: Ninth Day of Ridvan
>   Tuesday, May 2, 2006: Twelfth Day of Ridvan
>   Tuesday, May 23, 2006: Declaration of the Bab
>   Monday, May 29, 2006: Ascension of Baha'u'llah
>   Friday, June 2, 2006: Shavuot
>   Wednesday, June 21, 2006: Summer Solstice 12:25pm (UTC)
>   Sunday, July 9, 2006: Martyrdom of the Bab
>   Saturday, September 23, 2006: Autumnal Equinox 4:03am (UTC)
>   Saturday, September 23, 2006: Rosh HaShanah 5767
>   Sunday, September 24, 2006: Ramadan Begins
>   Monday, October 2, 2006: Yom Kippur
>   Saturday, October 7, 2006: Sukkot
>   Saturday, October 14, 2006: Shemini Atzeret
>   Sunday, October 15, 2006: Simchat Torah
>   Friday, October 20, 2006: Birth of the Bab
>   Sunday, November 12, 2006: Birth of Baha'u'llah
>   Saturday, December 16, 2006: Hanukkah
>   Friday, December 22, 2006: Winter Solstice 12:21am (UTC)
>   Monday, December 25, 2006: Christmas
> 
> Which, much to my suprise still includes quite a lot of holidays. Have
> I got the wrong end of the stick with the way holidays work (it all
> seems remarkably complicated to me) or do other people agree that
> something looks broken?
> 
> 
> Nic
> 
> 
> 
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