From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: What's the problem? (Was: Are there plans for a multi-threaded Emacs?) Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 10:16:43 -0500 Organization: =?koi8-r?q?=F4=C5=CF=C4=CF=D2=20=FA=CC=C1=D4=C1=CE=CF=D7?= @ Cienfuegos Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <4nad60og84.fsf@collins.bwh.harvard.edu> References: <20031117040607.C6C5D79B72@server2.messagingengine.com> <87ekvpx18d.fsf@emptyhost.emptydomain.de> <4nad6cikxy.fsf@holmes.bwh.harvard.edu> <4nllpt3hr3.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> <5bad69zd43.fsf@lister.roxen.com> <4noeuon378.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> <4ny8tsgxy6.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> <4nhe0ggv0u.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> <4nk75bwjaf.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> <4nsmjv8d32.fsf@collins.bwh.harvard.edu> <4nu14b6q33.fsf@collins.bwh.harvard. NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1071069651 27591 80.91.224.253 (10 Dec 2003 15:20:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 15:20:51 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 10 16:20:48 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AU68u-0001gE-00 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 16:20:48 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AU68u-00026k-00 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 16:20:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AU74X-00052z-Vj for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 11:20:21 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AU73q-0004hm-3W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 11:19:38 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AU73F-0004VI-0r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 11:19:32 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AU73D-0004Uo-PP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 11:18:59 -0500 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AU65m-0004qT-00 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 16:17:34 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Received: from sea.gmane.org ([80.91.224.252]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AU65k-0004qK-00 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 16:17:32 +0100 Original-Received: from news by sea.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AU65k-000723-00 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 16:17:32 +0100 Original-Lines: 13 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6; d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (usg-unix-v) Cancel-Lock: sha1:LHNyP7tlaG+W9idhmiTgv4AQNf0= X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:18617 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:18617 On 09 Dec 2003, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca wrote: > Yes, the semantics would be cleaner, but check the example I posted > where we rebind default-directory and switch back&forth between > buffers: the old semantics is odd but some code relies on it > (basically using `let' instead of `cd'). I see the problem with that code. Is it so common a practice that it can't be rewritten where it already happens, and deprecated for the future? It seems pretty confusing for the maintainers and only slightly convenient for the programmers. Ted