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: master 48ac40e60e: ; Fix last change. Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 14:20:18 +0300 Message-ID: <83o7wliwi5.fsf@gnu.org> References: <166049949398.16955.13217655219158269477@vcs2.savannah.gnu.org> <20220814175134.47827C09BFD@vcs2.savannah.gnu.org> <8335dyk779.fsf@gnu.org> <83zgg6irx9.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="34504"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 15 13:23:31 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 1oNYBv-0008pa-4e for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 15 Aug 2022 13:23:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59334 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oNYBt-0005jW-J7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 15 Aug 2022 07:23:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:55044) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oNY9C-0004hQ-EO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Aug 2022 07:20:42 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:36558) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oNY99-0005Du-7I; Mon, 15 Aug 2022 07:20:42 -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=ivrMawzLf8FnOeoP/vkech8ATMyetsMnpUTl2wkQdtk=; b=DmyxWNp0aKsl nAkxWQCk/NskmlZouERHyinkznMlmgsyuoiWZxouFUw+D9VEw2NdJ96HKkpREaJ8JfoNrhPKMWGN9 cIXB6ZhLQ/7Pgm8X4LoG8vrHWLC4wZorShFPThxe+9/OUgiV4PrXZdb9FFRkmyFuOhJkOnNDmkM1Z cbuDa21aXkXB8S47/vtJckpQupatSszdOQ9aNEY3/0ETiIjI08SwrykUkgPd8uQaUSWWRpnaLwhKs 9EakzIraU0L3ydUkgXSh/yGAu4V+LTtx8uh+ZXU/fLAPNC4XWlQqRqZTTW+WU6rW38eDNgbLQmeIo yHumNKK9umnDZgnN7SMixg==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (port=2390 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 1oNY92-00028Q-6J; Mon, 15 Aug 2022 07:20:38 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Stefan Monnier on Sun, 14 Aug 2022 22:37:10 -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:293473 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Monnier > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 22:37:10 -0400 > > > Sorry, I reject the idea that abstract classes cannot be usefully > > documented in concrete terms. At least there's no excuse for not > > trying. > > I'm not opposed to doing it, but I feel that it's not sufficient because > it doesn't say why that abstract class exists (i.e. what it is that > makes it meaningful to group those different classes under that abstract > class). I have nothing against adding something along those lines. > How 'bout the patch below? Fine with me, thanks.