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: /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r101338: * lisp/emacs-lisp/syntax.el (syntax-ppss): More sanity check to catch Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 20:36:28 +0200 Message-ID: <83sirlbkyb.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87r47bi1e5.fsf@yandex.ru> <52F96284.50507@yandex.ru> <52FAE12B.6060101@yandex.ru> <52FC3BEE.60604@yandex.ru> <52FCD2B4.5080006@yandex.ru> <52FD9F1D.50205@yandex.ru> <83mwhucg1h.fsf@gnu.org> <878ute589i.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83d2iqc84m.fsf@gnu.org> <87wqgxkcr9.fsf@yandex.ru> <834n41db0d.fsf@gnu.org> <52FE2985.4070703@yandex.ru> <831tz5daes.fsf@gnu.org> <8738jlohd6.fsf@yandex.ru> <87wqgx3e5z.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <52FE3885.3000901@yandex.ru> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1392403005 30971 80.91.229.3 (14 Feb 2014 18:36:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 18:36:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: dak@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dmitry Gutov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 14 19:36:52 2014 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 1WENd5-0005l2-OL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 19:36:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53311 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WENd4-0006RX-V3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:36:50 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49755) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WENcx-0006RK-OM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:36:48 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WENcs-0000V3-Eb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:36:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout24.012.net.il ([80.179.55.180]:40960) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WENcm-0000TD-7a; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:36:32 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout24.012.net.il by mtaout24.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0N10007000XFN400@mtaout24.012.net.il>; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 20:35:28 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by mtaout24.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0N10003BR0Z33Z50@mtaout24.012.net.il>; Fri, 14 Feb 2014 20:35:28 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <52FE3885.3000901@yandex.ru> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 80.179.55.180 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:169629 Archived-At: > Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 17:38:45 +0200 > From: Dmitry Gutov > CC: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org > > >> I really don't do C, and learning it just to contribute to Emacs seems > >> like a major undertaking. > > > > Oh, you could help a lot of people and projects in your newly gained > > area of expertise then. > > Yeah, how much effort other people would have to spend correcting my > mistakes before I gain said expertise? Ideally, none: you will correct them yourself, when they are discovered and reported. > Not to mention the expenditure of time on my own part. That, you must commit to in advance, of course. But why would anyone expect to make any significant progress in any endeavor without investing time and energy?