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: Adding support for xref jumping to headers/interfaces Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 14:50:17 +0200 Message-ID: <83pm9sfxfa.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83bklin83z.fsf@gnu.org> <865ybmu2ha.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <39e25c9a-b4cc-a0ce-3f2a-1d2a1fc243d0@yandex.ru> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="23122"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: fgunbin@fastmail.fm, casouri@gmail.com, dgutov@yandex.ru, stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org, sbaugh@janestreet.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, azeng@janestreet.com To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 01 13:51:37 2023 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 1pXLvl-0005p4-IA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 01 Mar 2023 13:51:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pXLvA-0006x1-PI; Wed, 01 Mar 2023 07:51:00 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pXLv9-0006w8-BL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Mar 2023 07:50:59 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pXLv7-00045j-KB; Wed, 01 Mar 2023 07:50:57 -0500 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=Fy4k/wjbQT8DgT5cnbnP1C9fFgqT7z+MG7PJbVb+Lu4=; b=FcLZGBCuf+bj Pc0orDvlX4/YZwJAb1C3xe0feoLZmKH9h6NWqIkPLBg3hPMUexnv5o4QJ4l71xNSRyb976yrNcRiK WxHDZMRaxyyY3jto3KTpGVgDIEue8Tf7tISoKEyeYgR/OajdqmIUQ06NUgeIg3HXkAFrR2PEgiTEF oNW/x2BverHaUHxfsmcS++ehyOQzlXKp2/dSNV0fNdGLDcO6aoh7hCZkKU6YaHn4RwS+hTmGB3Wxu pnf1RUcIUf04gIQVoSkUwGyE8JEvQOdSk2BuARyz8GbcW7WfHf3KdqvPdjVZ/GC/QASE+WSQHrvOr +TWi4eqhfhrwA5ADIVL8iw==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (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 1pXLuF-0003El-KD; Wed, 01 Mar 2023 07:50:04 -0500 In-Reply-To: (message from Richard Stallman on Tue, 28 Feb 2023 23:33:47 -0500) 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:303874 Archived-At: > From: Richard Stallman > Cc: casouri@gmail.com, dgutov@yandex.ru, > stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org, eliz@gnu.org, > sbaugh@janestreet.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, > azeng@janestreet.com > Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 23:33:47 -0500 > > > TBH, I don't see how this could be named well to fit all languages. I > > like "declaration" word more, if we need a name. > > I think that "declaration" will be clear, even for users of the language > where the precise term is "interface". > > If I understand right, an "interface" would describe an entire package's > calling conventions. Is that correct? If so, then since we are talking > about the calling specs for one specific function, "declaration" > would fit that better than "interface". We can mention the alternative terminology in the doc string, so we don't necessarily have to find a one-fits-all name.