From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: rewriting y-or-n-p to use read-char-choice Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:48:56 -0800 Message-ID: <604E15D23A7C4D0DAC5244A8EACAF38B@us.oracle.com> References: <8739mulshy.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87k4g6io2j.fsf@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1299800997 5269 80.91.229.12 (10 Mar 2011 23:49:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:49:57 +0000 (UTC) To: "'Ted Zlatanov'" , Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 11 00:49:53 2011 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pxpc9-0004n7-1h for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:49:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34429 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Pxpc7-0004HS-NN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:49:51 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=39387 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Pxpc4-0004HI-1e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:49:48 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pxpc1-0004Ox-J4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:49:46 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]:50310) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pxpc1-0004Oo-Ad for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:49:45 -0500 Original-Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com (acsinet15.oracle.com [141.146.126.227]) by rcsinet10.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.2) with ESMTP id p2ANngRV029931 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:49:44 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt355.oracle.com (acsmt355.oracle.com [141.146.40.155]) by acsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.1) with ESMTP id p2A9N7pE018656; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:49:39 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt004.oracle.com by acsmt354.oracle.com with ESMTP id 1128134551299800937; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:48:57 -0800 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.194) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:48:56 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <87k4g6io2j.fsf@lifelogs.com> Thread-Index: AcvfdjIbFyCXOtFvTjqamyqy1cY4bQABg1sA X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5994 X-Source-IP: acsmt355.oracle.com [141.146.40.155] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090209.4D796396.0046,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 148.87.113.121 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:137069 Archived-At: > > Completely missing from your exposition of implementation > > issues is why. Why rewrite `y-or-n-p'? What advantages > > are sought/expected? > > See bug #8050. The original need was, I believe, to reuse code. I see. Thanks (anyway). Might I suggest that next time you briefly describe the problem you are trying to solve, in the thread where you invite discussion of possible solutions? That might help you as well as others.