>>>> Richard Stallman wrote:
It is intentional.
Reiner> In contrast to yes-or-no-p it is much easier to type y, n,
Reiner> SPC, DEL, etc accidentally, so it might be useful for the user
Reiner> to see what he has typed.
Yes, that is the reason.
Thanks for enlightening me. This has dispelled my long-standing
doubt that the Lisp programs[1] that clear the echo area are few
except for the ones of Gnus (and emacs-w3m). I agree with not
deleting on purpose the question and the answer that `y-or-n-p'
displays. Though this doesn't mean changing my sense of beauty.
I.e., I don't like it.
[1] ediff-quit-meta-buffer, help-with-tutorial, mh-search-folder,
dissociated-press, and c-submit-bug-report in Emacs.
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