From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dave Abrahams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7812: 23.2; compilation-error-regexp-alist extremely unfriendly to customization interface Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:22:41 -0500 Message-ID: References: <22sjwov5ll.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1295547899 29560 80.91.229.12 (20 Jan 2011 18:24:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:24:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7812@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 20 19:24:54 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PfzBm-0004qg-82 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:24:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56899 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PfzBl-0004tQ-MM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:24:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=37895 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PfzBe-0004qS-KW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:24:47 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PfzBc-0006tA-Dy for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:24:46 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:50336) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PfzBc-0006t6-CK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:24:44 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pfz3C-0008Jl-2p; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:16:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Dave Abrahams Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:16:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7812 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7812-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7812.129554731231911 (code B ref 7812); Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:16:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7812) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Jan 2011 18:15:12 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pfz2O-0008Ie-8Q for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:15:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-yi0-f44.google.com ([209.85.218.44]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pfz2M-0008IS-2v for 7812@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:15:10 -0500 Original-Received: by yie19 with SMTP id 19so302782yie.3 for <7812@debbugs.gnu.org>; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:23:01 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.101.204.28 with SMTP id g28mr1688025anq.217.1295547781657; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:23:01 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.101.3.9 with HTTP; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:22:41 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [207.172.223.249] In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:16:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:43492 Archived-At: On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> Yes, but you *can* design the module so as to make it a non-issue. >> Give people a customizable variable that is solely for their own use, >> and give them a way to override the contents of the base alist, which >> is not customizable but updated with the module. > > That's one option. =A0Another (which I prefer) is to use a defcustom > that lets the user add-to-front, add-to-rear, and remove elements. > > Someone had proposed such a `diff-list' thingy for load-path at > some point. =A0I really think we should try to get such a thing working. More power to ya if you do! However, this problem *can* be solved, perhaps less-elegantly, but entirely within the `compile' library. --=20 Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com