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2022-6-22 16:12 Darren Duncan <darren@darrenduncan.net> wrote: > On 2022-06-21 11:43 p.m., Yuki Kimoto wrote: > > There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding and confusion due to the > feature > > name ”yeald_true” and the reference implementation "true.xs". > > > > I think the correct feature name is a shortened name for "require > ignores the > > return value of the module file to check if the module was loaded > successfully". > > I will repeat (reworded) something I said before, which is that I feel > this > feature should be renamed, as yield_true is clearly and repeatedly giving > people > the wrong idea for what it does, and the feature would be good to be > renamed to > something that more accurately describes what it does. Or if that isn't > renamed, at least the documentation will have to be very clear to explain > the > real behavior and not what other behaviors the name would seem to imply. > -- > Darren Duncan > I agree.Thread Previous | Thread Next