From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Van L Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Predicate for true lists Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2018 19:40:06 +1000 Message-ID: <52BDD58F-D8ED-4184-9C21-798548A51A51@scratch.space> References: <87fu3vdjjk.fsf@tcd.ie> <87bmcqhhsf.fsf@tcd.ie> <87in6xgtpb.fsf@tcd.ie> <2af892df-26cb-60b2-4fd8-067fcb3d32e9@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.3 \(3124\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1528277905 2054 195.159.176.226 (6 Jun 2018 09:38:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2018 09:38:25 +0000 (UTC) To: Emacs-Devel devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 06 11:38:21 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fQUtY-0000Ox-0x for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2018 11:38:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51074 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fQUvd-0000KH-Ia for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2018 05:40:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35583) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fQUvU-0000It-DK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2018 05:40:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fQUvO-0007xh-NI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2018 05:40:20 -0400 Original-Received: from relay8-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.201]:48571) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fQUvO-0007vx-7I for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2018 05:40:14 -0400 X-Originating-IP: 220.245.108.24 Original-Received: from epi.local (220-245-108-24.tpgi.com.au [220.245.108.24]) (Authenticated sender: van@scratch.space) by relay8-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 73F5F1BF212 for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2018 11:40:18 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <2af892df-26cb-60b2-4fd8-067fcb3d32e9@cs.ucla.edu> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3124) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 217.70.183.201 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:226057 Archived-At: > Paul Eggert writes: >=20 > Basil L. Contovounesios writes: >> OK, but my question still stands: do we use the term "proper" only to >> name this function, but keep existing references to "true" lists in = the >> manual? Or do we systematically switch from "true" to "proper" >=20 > I suggest the latter. I've often heard them called "proper lists", and = the phrase "true list" is less common in my experience. How about "fit"? short for fitness function.=20