From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Keyword lambda used as flag Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2016 17:35:03 +0200 Message-ID: <83io3aad7c.fsf@gnu.org> References: <5688DD99.4050800@online.de> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1451835332 10558 80.91.229.3 (3 Jan 2016 15:35:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 15:35:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Andreas =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=B6hler?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 03 16:35:25 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aFkgl-0002z5-BW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 03 Jan 2016 16:35:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41915 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aFkgj-0006Ia-Sv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 03 Jan 2016 10:35:21 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49708) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aFkgV-0006HE-RL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jan 2016 10:35:08 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aFkgR-0002NU-R0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jan 2016 10:35:07 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:42845) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aFkgR-0002NQ-Na; Sun, 03 Jan 2016 10:35:03 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2446 helo=HOME-C4E4A596F7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aFkgQ-0004x0-L4; Sun, 03 Jan 2016 10:35:03 -0500 In-reply-to: <5688DD99.4050800@online.de> (message from Andreas =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=B6hler?= on Sun, 3 Jan 2016 09:36:41 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:197446 Archived-At: > From: Andreas Röhler > Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 09:36:41 +0100 > > there is a remark at > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34572963/what-does-lambda-do > > pointing a "'lambda" used as flag. > > Don't know if it's worth changing that right know. > Just want to bring it to your attention. We know. This value of transient-mark-mode (as well as a couple of others) is documented in the ELisp manual. It's been there for the last 7 years, so I think it's a bit too late to rename it now (and I'm not sure I agree that the value was chosen poorly). Thanks.