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: Thu, 7 Jun 2018 17:03:51 +1000 Message-ID: <76733677-6956-4379-890C-7C1FD3693C22@scratch.space> References: <87fu3vdjjk.fsf@tcd.ie> <87bmcqhhsf.fsf@tcd.ie> <87in6xgtpb.fsf@tcd.ie> <2af892df-26cb-60b2-4fd8-067fcb3d32e9@cs.ucla.edu> <52BDD58F-D8ED-4184-9C21-798548A51A51@scratch.space> 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 1528354959 25774 195.159.176.226 (7 Jun 2018 07:02:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2018 07:02:39 +0000 (UTC) To: Emacs-Devel devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 07 09:02:35 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 1fQowL-0006YX-JH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2018 09:02:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56064 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fQoyS-0000Of-LL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2018 03:04:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57795) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fQoxo-0000ON-Jc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2018 03:04:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fQoxj-0001uj-NE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2018 03:04:04 -0400 Original-Received: from relay10.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.178.230]:36501) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fQoxj-0001rn-Fz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2018 03:03:59 -0400 Original-Received: from epi.local (220-245-108-24.tpgi.com.au [220.245.108.24]) (Authenticated sender: van@scratch.space) by relay10.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D08C724000B for ; Thu, 7 Jun 2018 09:03:55 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: 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: 217.70.178.230 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:226089 Archived-At: > Stefan Monnier writes: >=20 >> How about "fit"? short for fitness function.=20 >=20 > You mean, invent our own names, to be sure everyone is equally = confused? > A bit like our use of "frames" for "windows", but without the > justification of the historical accident? >=20 > Sounds like a great plan. >=20 > Then I suggest we name this function `terminated-enumeration-p` I have heard `fit` used as a `suitcase word` to pack the idea for = `failure in time` among other things. In that sense, fit would be consistent with the origin of car and cdr.=