From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: schwab@linux-m68k.org, philipk@posteo.net,
monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, me@eshelyaron.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [External] : Re: Question about eval and compile-command
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2023 08:40:05 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83jzubwekq.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SJ0PR10MB54889032D8B4CB2864A57218F308A@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (message from Drew Adams on Thu, 3 Aug 2023 21:35:39 +0000)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> CC: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
> Eshel Yaron <me@eshelyaron.com>,
> "emacs-devel@gnu.org" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 21:35:39 +0000
>
> > > In retrospect, shouldn't the type be be a string or a function?
> >
> > Not a function, but a form.
>
> A string is a form too...
Methodologically, it is not good to rely on this, because many Emacs
users will not realize that. We never use "form" when we talk about
strings, for that very reason.
Using mathematical rigor when writing software documentation is almost
never a good idea, in practice.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-08-04 5:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-08-03 9:29 Question about eval and compile-command Eshel Yaron
2023-08-03 9:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-03 15:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2023-08-03 16:23 ` Eshel Yaron
2023-08-03 17:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2023-08-03 20:02 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-03 20:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2023-08-03 21:14 ` Andreas Schwab
2023-08-03 21:35 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-08-04 5:40 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2023-08-04 6:51 ` Andreas Schwab
2023-08-04 7:00 ` Philip Kaludercic
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