From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: defconst in life.el Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 15:39:09 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <200411142139.iAELd9q27391@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <200411141840.iAEIeXG24252@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <87k6so2ljb.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1100468449 19980 80.91.229.6 (14 Nov 2004 21:40:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 21:40:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 14 22:40:45 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CTS72-0008V7-00 for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 22:40:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CTSFh-0004Da-Oe for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 16:49:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CTSFZ-0004D1-8k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 16:49:33 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CTSFX-0004C8-Ku for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 16:49:31 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CTSFX-0004Bn-GR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 16:49:31 -0500 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CTS6H-0006Yh-M6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 16:39:57 -0500 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id iAELdvFu011218; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 15:39:57 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id iAELd9q27391; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 15:39:09 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca In-reply-to: <87k6so2ljb.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (message from Stefan Monnier on Sun, 14 Nov 2004 16:02:55 -0500) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:29834 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:29834 Stefan Monnier wrote: This looks wrong. The variable is indeed treated like a constant, as far as I can tell. This is difficult to tell. It at first glance looks like something a knowledgeble user might want to change and play around with. (Something that might even be a defcustom.) But I will _keep_ this particular defconst to err on the conservative side in terms of making changes, especially since I am not really familiar with the file. This particular defconst definitely produces no compiler warnings. Maybe somebody who uses life.el could give a more definitive answer. (But maybe you use it.) Sincerely, Luc.