From: Nix <nix@esperi.org.uk>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: Emacs Dev <emacs-devel@gnu.org>, Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>,
martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>,
PJ Weisberg <pjweisberg@gmail.com>,
"Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@xemacs.org>,
Alin Soare <as1789@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Tabs are ready? -> Let us give a definition of tabs.
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:49:21 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87aa4myhb2.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvaa4mzxcj.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:24:33 -0500")
On 13 Feb 2012, Stefan Monnier stated:
> Indeed, the problem is not one of precedence. It's one of implementing
> it efficiently and still make it work right (after defining what "right"
> means) in the presence of let-bindings. Compound this with the fact
> that such combinations are virtually never used (and hence never
> tested/debugged) and you'll see that it's both a painful problem to
> solve and one that comes with no reward.
The 'never tested' problem is surely best fixed -- once we figure out
what the semantics of such an interaction should be -- with a test in
the Emacs testsuite. This sort of subtle rarely-noticed-when-it-breaks
lisp-layer thing is what the automated testsuite was *made* for.
(but I am teaching my elderly relatives to aspirate calcinated avian
embryos again. I should give this up.)
--
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Thread overview: 71+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-04 22:36 Tabs are ready? -> Let us give a definition of tabs Alin Soare
2012-02-05 10:42 ` martin rudalics
2012-02-05 12:44 ` Alin Soare
2012-02-05 13:17 ` martin rudalics
2012-02-05 13:39 ` Alin Soare
[not found] ` <CA+Xtq3U5PkH=m1ZRMMm2LJQ_BHZXc08Vk4TbhNyyFLta+1EkBw@mail.gmail.com>
2012-02-05 13:44 ` Fwd: " Alin Soare
2012-02-05 14:50 ` Alin Soare
2012-02-05 17:56 ` Andy Moreton
2012-02-05 18:51 ` Drew Adams
2012-02-06 3:35 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-02-05 18:16 ` martin rudalics
2012-02-05 21:33 ` Alin Soare
2012-02-06 10:35 ` martin rudalics
2012-02-06 13:21 ` Alin Soare
2012-02-05 23:56 ` Alin Soare
2012-02-06 10:36 ` martin rudalics
2012-02-06 13:34 ` Alin Soare
2012-02-06 14:46 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-02-06 16:18 ` Alin Soare
2012-02-06 16:21 ` Alin Soare
2012-02-06 17:53 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-02-06 22:51 ` Alin Soare
2012-02-06 22:55 ` Alin Soare
2012-02-07 16:15 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-02-09 15:55 ` PJ Weisberg
2012-02-09 16:11 ` Alin Soare
2012-02-09 16:16 ` Alin Soare
2012-02-10 19:04 ` Alin Soare
2012-02-10 19:08 ` Alin Soare
2012-02-11 14:16 ` Nix
2012-02-11 14:41 ` Alin Soare
2012-02-12 13:40 ` Nix
2012-02-12 16:23 ` Alin Soare
2012-02-12 18:48 ` Alin Soare
2012-02-13 6:06 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-02-13 12:29 ` Nix
2012-02-13 15:53 ` Tom Tromey
2012-02-13 16:21 ` Nix
2012-02-13 16:30 ` Tom Tromey
2012-02-13 18:50 ` Nix
2012-02-15 20:35 ` Tom Tromey
2012-02-15 22:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-15 23:03 ` Nix
2012-02-28 15:13 ` Alin Soare
2012-02-28 15:16 ` Alin Soare
2012-02-13 13:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-13 13:49 ` Nix [this message]
2012-02-13 15:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-13 16:21 ` Nix
2012-02-06 18:00 ` martin rudalics
2012-02-06 17:05 ` martin rudalics
2012-02-05 18:15 ` martin rudalics
2012-02-05 21:38 ` Alin Soare
2012-02-05 22:30 ` joakim
2012-02-05 22:53 ` Alin Soare
2012-02-06 10:35 ` martin rudalics
2012-02-06 13:25 ` Alin Soare
2012-02-06 17:03 ` martin rudalics
2012-02-06 19:19 ` Nix
2012-02-06 19:43 ` martin rudalics
2012-02-06 19:45 ` Nix
2012-02-06 19:54 ` Drew Adams
2012-02-08 23:43 ` Alin Soare
2012-02-09 11:19 ` Nix
2012-02-09 13:05 ` Alin Soare
2012-02-09 13:07 ` Alin Soare
2012-02-07 15:57 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-02-07 17:15 ` Nix
2012-02-06 20:05 ` Alin Soare
2012-02-07 16:03 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-02-06 17:04 ` martin rudalics
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