Re: [External] : Doc of deprecated INITIAL-INPUT arg of completing-read

[Jean Louis]

* Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> [2022-06-27 19:40]:
> There's zero reason to discourage its use in any
> blanket way, let alone "strongly" discourage.

I did not see your message. You said it better, I agree with that
statement.

> INIT and DEF are different in behavior, and thus
> in use cases.  Telling users to use one of them
> _instead of_ the other is misguided, IMO.

Exactly.

> All that's needed is to make clear that INIT
> isn't intended as a _substitute_ for a default
> value - and vice versa.  That's really the point
> (IMO).  The use cases of INIT are different from
> those of DEF.  That's what should be made clear.
> Then leave it up to coders to use each as they
> see fit.

That is right, that is where misunderstanding come from.


-- 
Jean

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