From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: constant `e' Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:53:20 -0500 Message-ID: <877iupalpb.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1171133802 27479 80.91.229.12 (10 Feb 2007 18:56:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:56:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs-Devel To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 10 19:56:36 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HFxOl-000151-66 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:56:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HFxOk-0006l9-SM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:56:34 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HFxOZ-0006km-AF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:56:23 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HFxOX-0006ke-Um for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:56:21 -0500 Original-Received: from south-station-annex.mit.edu ([18.72.1.2]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1HFxOX-0002Mc-JS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:56:21 -0500 Original-Received: from central-city-carrier-station.mit.edu (CENTRAL-CITY-CARRIER-STATION.MIT.EDU [18.7.7.72]) by south-station-annex.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.9.2) with ESMTP id l1AIuIxp002276; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:56:18 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from outgoing-legacy.mit.edu (OUTGOING-LEGACY.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.104]) by central-city-carrier-station.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.9.2) with ESMTP id l1AIrLd5016878; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:53:21 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from localhost (MAIN-TWELVE-SIXTY-THREE.MIT.EDU [18.19.5.63]) ) by outgoing-legacy.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id l1AIrKeE019941; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:53:20 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from cyd by localhost with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HFxLc-0000nd-00; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:53:20 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Thu\, 8 Feb 2007 23\:37\:36 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.93 (gnu/linux) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.42 X-Spam-Score: 0 X-detected-kernel: Solaris 9.1 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:66230 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: > Single-character global variables are generally not such a great idea. In > particular, they can easily occur as typographical errors and not be > detected for a while. > > The variable `e', defined in `float-sup.el', has been around for a long > time, but I wonder if it wouldn't be better to give it a different name in > Emacs, because of the possibility of `e' occurring as a typo. I vote for keeping `e' the way it is. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.