From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#2951: Suggestion: self-evaluating-p function Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:53:45 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87myaogpr8.fsf@echo.mueller-schleicher.i> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 2951@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1239455203 5186 80.91.229.12 (11 Apr 2009 13:06:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:06:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 2951@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Ralph Schleicher Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 11 15:08:02 2009 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 4.50) id 1LscwD-0001Ji-1O for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:08:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49035 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lscuo-0000yk-Hd for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:06:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LscsI-00070U-FM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:03:58 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LscsC-0006ws-UL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:03:57 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47205 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LscsC-0006wb-H2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:03:52 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:53175) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LscsB-0002bb-Lj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:03:51 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n3BD3nTq024098; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:03:49 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n3BD03wF022942; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:00:03 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:00:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 2951 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 2951-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B2951.123945443521663 (code B ref 2951); Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:00:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 2951) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 11 Apr 2009 12:53:55 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n3BCrpq4021657 for <2951@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 05:53:53 -0700 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvcFAFAv4ElLd+7D/2dsb2JhbACBUsgbg3wGhRU X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.40,171,1238990400"; d="scan'208";a="36896464" Original-Received: from 75-119-238-195.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([75.119.238.195]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 11 Apr 2009 08:53:45 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 68D9E83B6; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:53:45 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87myaogpr8.fsf@echo.mueller-schleicher.i> (Ralph Schleicher's message of "Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:31:07 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:03:57 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list 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:27075 Archived-At: > I would like to have a 'self-evaluating-p' function in Emacs to check > whether or not a value has to be quoted. I'm not necessarily opposed, but I'd first hear some arguments explaining why/when one would need that. Stefan