checkdoc: 'y-or-n-p' no longer needs space

* lisp/emacs-lisp/checkdoc.el (checkdoc-message-text-engine):
Change 'y-or-n-p' check to accept prompt ending with both "? " or "?",
that is, it no longer needs the space.  (Bug#50621)
(checkdoc--fix-y-or-n-p): New helper function.
* test/lisp/emacs-lisp/checkdoc-tests.el (checkdoc-tests-fix-y-or-n-p)
(checkdoc-tests-fix-y-or-n-p/no-change)
(checkdoc-tests-fix-y-or-n-p/with-space): New tests.
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Stefan Kangas 2021-09-16 19:13:56 +02:00
parent 174430e351
commit b6bff3ba79
2 changed files with 62 additions and 50 deletions

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@ -2475,6 +2475,31 @@ Argument END is the maximum bounds to search in."
(setq return type))))
return))
(defun checkdoc--fix-y-or-n-p ()
"Fix `y-or-n-p' prompt to end with \"?\" or \"? \".
The space is technically redundant, but also more compatible with
Emacs versions before Emacs 24.1. In the future, we might treat
a space as a style error."
(when (and (save-excursion (forward-sexp 1)
(forward-char -3)
(not (looking-at "\\? ")))
(save-excursion (forward-sexp 1)
(forward-char -2)
(not (looking-at "\\?"))))
(if (and
(save-excursion (forward-sexp 1)
(forward-char -1)
(looking-at "\""))
(checkdoc-autofix-ask-replace
(match-beginning 0) (match-end 0)
(format-message
"`y-or-n-p' argument should end with \"? \". Fix?")
"?\"" t))
nil
(checkdoc-create-error
"`y-or-n-p' argument should end with \"?\""
(match-beginning 0) (match-end 0)))))
(defun checkdoc-message-text-engine (&optional type)
"Return or fix errors found in strings passed to a message display function.
According to the documentation for the function `error', the error list
@ -2530,63 +2555,20 @@ Argument TYPE specifies the type of question, such as `error' or `y-or-n-p'."
"Error messages should *not* end with a period"
(match-beginning 0) (match-end 0))
nil)
;; `y-or-n-p' documentation explicitly says:
;; It should end in a space; `y-or-n-p' adds `(y or n) ' to it.
;; I added the ? requirement. Without it, it is unclear that we
;; ask a question and it appears to be an undocumented style.
(if (eq type 'y-or-n-p)
(if (not (save-excursion (forward-sexp 1)
(forward-char -3)
(not (looking-at "\\? "))))
nil
(if (save-excursion (forward-sexp 1)
(forward-char -2)
(looking-at "\\?"))
;; If we see a ?, then replace with "? ".
(if (checkdoc-autofix-ask-replace
(match-beginning 0) (match-end 0)
(format-message
"`y-or-n-p' argument should end with \"? \". Fix? ")
"? " t)
nil
(checkdoc-create-error
"`y-or-n-p' argument should end with \"? \""
(match-beginning 0) (match-end 0)))
(if (save-excursion (forward-sexp 1)
(forward-char -2)
(looking-at " "))
(if (checkdoc-autofix-ask-replace
(match-beginning 0) (match-end 0)
(format-message
"`y-or-n-p' argument should end with \"? \". Fix? ")
"? " t)
nil
(checkdoc-create-error
"`y-or-n-p' argument should end with \"? \""
(match-beginning 0) (match-end 0)))
(if (and ;; if this isn't true, we have a problem.
(save-excursion (forward-sexp 1)
(forward-char -1)
(looking-at "\""))
(checkdoc-autofix-ask-replace
(match-beginning 0) (match-end 0)
(format-message
"`y-or-n-p' argument should end with \"? \". Fix? ")
"? \"" t))
nil
(checkdoc-create-error
"`y-or-n-p' argument should end with \"? \""
(match-beginning 0) (match-end 0)))))))
;; From `(elisp) Programming Tips': "A question asked in the
;; minibuffer with `yes-or-no-p' or `y-or-n-p' should start with
;; a capital letter and end with '?'."
(when (eq type 'y-or-n-p)
(checkdoc--fix-y-or-n-p))
;; Now, let's just run the spell checker on this guy.
(checkdoc-ispell-docstring-engine (save-excursion (forward-sexp 1)
(point)))
)))
(point))))))
;;; Auto-fix helper functions
;;
(defun checkdoc-y-or-n-p (question)
"Like `y-or-n-p', but pays attention to `checkdoc-autofix-flag'.
Argument QUESTION is the prompt passed to `y-or-n-p'."
Argument QUESTION is the prompt passed to `y-or-n-p'."
(prog1
(if (or (not checkdoc-autofix-flag)
(eq checkdoc-autofix-flag 'never))