From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] emacs/lib-src emacsclient.c ChangeLog Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:26:27 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <200812102026.mBAKQRh1026500@mothra.ics.uci.edu> References: <87vdts9fca.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <493FF0F7.1070305@f2s.com> <200812101655.mBAGtwPw025867@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <200812101936.mBAJa3Y4026358@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <200812102003.mBAK3tq9026424@mothra.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1228940822 24374 80.91.229.12 (10 Dec 2008 20:27:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:27:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juanma Barranquero , Chong Yidong , Jason Rumney , Emacs Devel To: "Lennart Borgman" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 10 21:28:04 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LAVf8-0005xb-6X for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:28:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60231 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LAVdw-0000NV-SU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:26:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LAVds-0000MY-8e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:26:44 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LAVdp-0000MD-Rm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:26:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40069 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LAVdp-0000MA-JZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:26:41 -0500 Original-Received: from sallyv2.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.120]:53382) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LAVdo-0008WR-QL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:26:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by sallyv2.ics.uci.edu (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id mBAKQS44008838; Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:26:28 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: (from dann@localhost) by mothra.ics.uci.edu (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.6/Submit) id mBAKQRh1026500; Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:26:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Lennart Borgman's message of "Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:18:57 +0100") Original-Lines: 30 X-ICS-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ICS-MailScanner-ID: mBAKQS44008838 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) 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: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:106777 Archived-At: "Lennart Borgman" writes: > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Dan Nicolaescu wrote: > > "Lennart Borgman" writes: > > > > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 8:36 PM, Dan Nicolaescu wrote: > > > > "Lennart Borgman" writes: > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Dan Nicolaescu wrote: > > > > > > The problem with that is that WINDOWSNT has many many idiosyncrasies, > > > > > > having a #define for each one of them adds an overhead for the ones of > > > > > > us working on free systems. > > > > > > > > > > Exactly how does it add overhead? Is it just because there are new > > > > > #define names? > > > > > > > > Yes. You have to learn or figure out something that you don't otherwise > > > > need. > > > > > > Thanks, I see. > > > > > > > > Can't we setup a list of hide-ifdef-env for different platforms? > > > > That's a separate issue, and IMHO it would be useful to have. > > It is a separate issue too, but wouldn't it at least partly solve the > problem with learning you mentioned above? "partly solving" is not enough.