From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Jean-Christophe Helary Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: evaluating numbers Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 17:00:06 +0900 Message-ID: <14E6EB76-AB5C-40D4-9892-0AAF365498EB@traduction-libre.org> References: <875zjw2emg.fsf@gmx.net> <618B38D9-CD34-4200-8CA1-1A6B0922A83A@traduction-libre.org> <871ruk2d3f.fsf@gmx.net> <3C929D7B-1C10-4713-9EDA-55C80FC36AD8@traduction-libre.org> <835zjvg385.fsf@gnu.org> <83sgmyd6rw.fsf@gnu.org> <835zjucwbz.fsf@gnu.org> <628A3663-BDD3-47C5-B4F4-E260FD900691@traduction-libre.org> <83o8xla50f.fsf@gnu.org> <831rua95mg.fsf@gnu.org> <4801DEB3-937A-4777-8E99-C2CA2234F8A0@traduction-libre.org> <83eeya5yl6.fsf@gnu.org> <83imnl2sxk.fsf@gnu.org> <164231EC-D3B8-455C-8C11-AF033FB48699@traduction-libre.org> <83368n3b2y.fsf@gnu.org> <24FC7EFA-6A51-427F-ABE0-AE8A742E081B@traduction-libre.org> <83h7x222go.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 13.4 \(3608.80.23.2.2\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="20146"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: Emacs developers Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 29 10:14:33 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jThrV-00058i-75 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2020 10:14:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44058 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jThrU-0005s0-70 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2020 04:14:32 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:50836) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jThgZ-0005Gf-6R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2020 04:05:20 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jThdg-0003W8-3R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2020 04:03:14 -0400 Original-Received: from relay4-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.196]:43165) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jThdf-0003RM-JG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2020 04:00:15 -0400 X-Originating-IP: 128.53.235.90 Original-Received: from [10.0.1.13] (pl12634.ag0304.nttpc.ne.jp [128.53.235.90]) (Authenticated sender: jean.christophe.helary@traduction-libre.org) by relay4-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7D527E0002 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:00:10 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <83h7x222go.fsf@gnu.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3608.80.23.2.2) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.70.183.196; envelope-from=jean.christophe.helary@traduction-libre.org; helo=relay4-d.mail.gandi.net X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/04/29 04:00:12 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 3.11 and newer [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 217.70.183.196 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:248094 Archived-At: > On Apr 29, 2020, at 16:08, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >=20 >> From: Jean-Christophe Helary = >> Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:16:47 +0900 >>=20 >> @Eli Maybe historically but also generally speaking, is it more = convenient to implement characters as integers because that was the way = it is done in other languages like C (which plays an important part in = Emacs) ? >=20 > I think for the rest of this discussion to be meaningful you should > tell what alternatives to the current representation do you have in > mind. Otherwise, when you say "more convenient", that begs the > question "more convenient compared to what?" My original mail was about the Emacs lisp manual where it is written = that characters are implemented as integers and I did not understand = what that meant. Richard replied that it was indeed more convenient at = the time to have that implementation rather than another. As far as I'm = concerned, Richard's reply was the best conclusion I could expect. Jean-Christophe Helary ----------------------------------------------- http://mac4translators.blogspot.com @brandelune