From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: window-buffer-change-functions Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 09:12:10 +0300 Message-ID: <83fsgir551.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83o86hyild.fsf@gnu.org> <877d1ycbom.fsf@gnus.org> <835yhivx39.fsf@gnu.org> <83v8piuh5k.fsf@gnu.org> <2f85eda92184de27e10572e6b2320885@webmail.orcon.net.nz> <83pmfpv4fs.fsf@gnu.org> <7110e0330e878c144a6364a8e6ad651c@webmail.orcon.net.nz> <83fsgkszcv.fsf@gnu.org> <1a6028ed-73bd-7d5f-c206-8061bdc9edd0@gmx.at> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="4148"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: rudalics@gmx.at, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 23 08:15:57 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1obbyf-0000se-Bi for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 23 Sep 2022 08:15:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59230 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1obbye-0007H5-AE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 23 Sep 2022 02:15:56 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:46800) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1obbv0-0005Vg-4j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Sep 2022 02:12:12 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:34332) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1obbuz-0004qb-Qa; Fri, 23 Sep 2022 02:12:09 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=VKHWLK56U4UJehaJKONDluiLNtko/96nMmYaAnRXdKM=; b=jX0dOsJb8nX/ UsUqootiRVRqvApIJmCbXht19CeutyjEWYqxS+S2Dxw+V2ZhuROOF2DpSHbL9YBYiJh+Fq2B5PBG7 vXs7hNt3qie/SvJkPXt+eYEgpnJ5mhabANz6sRgPLsAH3tcDAO9s5z9lNU1ozYP/R+T9QzaJlCESS DaK4bB3H3Y6VrI2TMYLHMJzwkAkOMORflPawhP3TY49t80+4tKuDd8Ds0E1a11Ks2VeWvjmC3WXOU hZ9mt+2i8djbp++AtbwfhqJc/F0iUE2QBUagIKEUexKamxsU+fjJkH3TEV83Q5RVlev1NaI8CmG0a VJzWv3RJKY8czaeb7OxZjA==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (port=1328 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1obbup-0006K0-O1; Fri, 23 Sep 2022 02:12:00 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Richard Stallman on Thu, 22 Sep 2022 23:19:45 -0400) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:296023 Archived-At: > From: Richard Stallman > Cc: eliz@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 23:19:45 -0400 > > A variable is supposed to have one value at any given time. It might > be the default binding, or a something-local binding. But regardless > of why that binding is current at any time, its value is _the value_ > of the variable at that time. The other bindings shouldn't affect > what the variable stands for when they are not current. > > Special exceptions that undermine the meaning of a variable's value, > or any general design principle, cause conceptual confusion that will > get us in trouble. I think I agree, but could you please explain why you think this variable violates that principle? Because I don't think I see that.