Re: /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r102775: Allow format args for y-or-n-p and yes-or-no-p.

[Chong Yidong]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     Good point.  For compatibility, probably we should fall back on the old
>     behavior if only one argument is supplied.
>
> That will work in practice, but it is kludgy and ugly.  That is why I
> didn't do this.  I regret that I did not initially made y-or-n-p and
> yes-or-no-p use format.

Fair enough; I reverted the change.

> Maybe the thing is to add two new functions which are similar
> but always call format.

Probably not worth it, unless a much more concise set of function names
is offered.  I guess we'll have to live with this unfortunate historical
accident.