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Re: [Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/emacs-24 r108143: run-hooks-with-args-*


From: Glenn Morris
Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/emacs-24 r108143: run-hooks-with-args-* do fixes (bug#12393)
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 02:55:12 -0400
User-agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/)

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> Also, a stylistic issue: we don't normally say "we return" in
> documentation, since it's not clear who are "we" in this context.
> Something like this would be better:
>
>   The value returned is nil if the function returns nil, non-nil
>   otherwise.

I was being consistent with the pre-existing doc of
run-hook-with-args-until-success and run-hook-with-args-until-failure,
which use that form (and the passive voice). I didn't feel like
correcting them both; but anyone else please feel free.



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