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: while-no-input Date: 25 Oct 2002 11:19:16 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <5xznt2yiy3.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> References: <200210012119.g91LJW922045@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200210022143.g92LhXQ28321@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200210031553.g93FrwH31218@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200210041559.g94Fx9006880@rum.cs.yale.edu> <5xr8egzom4.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <200210240720.g9O7KxV11421@rum.cs.yale.edu> <5xelagp218.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 1035534039 18006 80.91.224.249 (25 Oct 2002 08:20:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 08:20:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu, 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 184zht-0004gA-00 for ; Fri, 25 Oct 2002 10:20:37 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 184zkT-0005Hv-00 for ; Fri, 25 Oct 2002 10:23:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 184zha-0003TL-00; Fri, 25 Oct 2002 04:20:18 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 184zgU-0002n4-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Oct 2002 04:19:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 184zgS-0002hv-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Oct 2002 04:19:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.filanet.dk ([195.215.206.179]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 184zgS-0002hT-00; Fri, 25 Oct 2002 04:19:08 -0400 Original-Received: from kfs2.cua.dk.cua.dk (kfs2.local.filanet.dk [192.168.1.182]) by mail.filanet.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 332B67C017; Fri, 25 Oct 2002 08:19:07 +0000 (GMT) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 14 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:8772 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:8772 Richard Stallman writes: > IIRC, RMS said that using signal like that was very unclean and using throw > would be cleaner. > > That is the first thing I said. Afterwards I agreed to a modified > version of the change which avoids the ugliness at the Lisp level. True, but as I read Stefan's comments, removing the ugliness at the Lisp level comes at the expense of increased ugliness and decreased functional correctness at the C level. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk