From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: silly face function names Date: 20 Dec 2002 15:46:23 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <5xznr0zr28.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> References: <5xd6nx0xne.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1040392082 25168 80.91.224.249 (20 Dec 2002 13:48:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 13:48:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18PNVR-0006XY-00 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 14:48:01 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18PNX3-0008Fr-00 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 14:49:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18PNUe-0005jk-0A for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 08:47:12 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18PNUL-0005hV-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 08:46:53 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18PNUG-0005fL-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 08:46:52 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.filanet.dk ([195.215.206.179]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18PNUF-0005eh-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 08:46:48 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs2.cua.dk.cua.dk (kfs2.local.filanet.dk [192.168.1.182]) by mail.filanet.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 369AE7C012; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 14:46:46 +0100 (CET) Original-To: bob@rattlesnake.com In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 17 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:10305 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:10305 "Robert J. Chassell" writes: > Miles Bader writes: > > > There are a number of face manipulation functions in faces.el of the > > form `set-face-FOO-p'. I think such names are misleading, ... > > But even a few silly names should be fixed. Our long term goal should > be code that is clear and meaningful, not misleading or silly. That > means cleaning up previous silly messes. In my subsequent mail, I agreed with Miles that we should obsolete the silly named functions -- but *not* introduce new functions to replace them as there is still an abundance of functions doing the same! -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk