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 16:51:41 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <200411142251.iAEMpfG27635@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <200411141840.iAEIeXG24252@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <87k6so2ljb.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <200411142139.iAELd9q27391@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1100472803 22918 80.91.229.6 (14 Nov 2004 22:53:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 22:53:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 14 23:53:10 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 1CTTF7-0003xQ-00 for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 23:53:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CTTNn-0008GQ-3O for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 18:02:07 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CTTNe-0008Fx-OY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 18:01:58 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CTTNe-0008Fd-B1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 18:01:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CTTNe-0008FU-8H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 18:01:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CTTEc-0001Ex-5j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 17:52:38 -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 iAEMqTFu011483; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 16:52:29 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id iAEMpfG27635; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 16:51:41 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: ttn@glug.org In-reply-to: (message from Thien-Thi Nguyen on 14 Nov 2004 17:32:44 -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:29841 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:29841 Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote: the docstring gives a hint: "some". this var is meant to be used experimentally (value modified, augmented, etc), so defvar is more suitable than defconst. e.g.: Thanks. I will stick with my original patch and convert the defconst for `life-patterns' into a defvar, unless there are other objections. On the other hand, I still plan to keep the defconst for `lao-key-alist'. I still have the impression that this one should be a defvar too, but unless a user of lao.el, or somebody familiar with it, confirms this, I will err on the side of making too few rather than too many changes. Sincerely, Luc.