Re: (interactive) and &optional

[Dr Rainer Woitok]

Jean,

On Saturday, 2023-03-25 17:32:06 +0300, Jean Louis wrote:

> ...
> If you want default value, then you can do so:
> 
> (let* ((query (or query my-default-value (read-from-minibuffer "Query: "))))
>   (do-the-search query)))

But I wan BOTH, default value AND interactive input!  In the above code
function "read-from-minibuffer" will never be called, so it's totally
equivalent to your next piece of code:

> ...
> (let* ((query (or query my-default-value)))
>   (do-the-search query))

Sincerely,
  Rainer