From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [Feature request] face property `raise' Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 17:23:08 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20030513212308.GB340@gnu.org> References: <67B8CED503F3D511BB9F0008C75DAD66054855FF@dewdfx17> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1052861943 23534 80.91.224.249 (13 May 2003 21:39:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 21:39:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue May 13 23:39:01 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19FhTP-00063s-00 for ; Tue, 13 May 2003 23:38:11 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19FhaU-0000j8-00 for ; Tue, 13 May 2003 23:45:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19FhQd-0007sE-00 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 13 May 2003 17:35:19 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 19FhJ7-0004rr-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 May 2003 17:27:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 19FhGS-0003Cj-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 May 2003 17:24:49 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19FhF6-0002SD-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 May 2003 17:23:24 -0400 Original-Received: from miles by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.10) id 19FhEr-0000RJ-00; Tue, 13 May 2003 17:23:09 -0400 Original-To: "Wedler, Christoph" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <67B8CED503F3D511BB9F0008C75DAD66054855FF@dewdfx17> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Blat: Foop Original-cc: "'rms@gnu.org'" Original-cc: ihs_4664@yahoo.com X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:13841 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:13841 On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 07:17:53PM +0200, Wedler, Christoph wrote: > > c. category attribute > > ii. obsolete, use the symbol as an additional face (with lowest > > prio) > > That would be necessary. > > Same as above (backward-compatibility). Your code is not a replacement for category -- category does much more. So why do you keep saying it's necessary only for `backward-compatibility'? > Without extra checks for backward-compatibility properties ('category' > etc) and if the above answer is b, there don't need to be a difference > with the efficiency. Otherwise, there might be... Do you have any evidence or reasoning to support this conclusion? It sounds like your change would end up checking for many more properties... -Miles -- Next to fried food, the South has suffered most from oratory. -- Walter Hines Page