From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: doc-view support for bookmark.el Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:43:39 +0100 Message-ID: <87d4ska7g4.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> References: <8763yn3v07.fsf@member.fsf.org> <87prwu3kg0.fsf@member.fsf.org> <87prwu77ug.fsf@member.fsf.org> <87lk7hz3rg.fsf@red-bean.com> <87wsqye65v.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> <87odc9m351.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1199267131 3210 80.91.229.12 (2 Jan 2008 09:45:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 09:45:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Karl Fogel , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 02 10:45:40 2008 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 1JA0AO-00038X-2P for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:45:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JA0A2-0002eo-0T for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:45:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JA09x-0002eX-7T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:45:13 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JA09w-0002eI-GM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:45:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JA09w-0002eB-8Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:45:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-relay.sonofon.dk ([212.88.64.25]) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JA09v-0000Bj-LT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:45:12 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 30301 invoked from network); 2 Jan 2008 09:45:01 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-lx.rd.rdm.cua.dk) (213.83.150.21) by 0 with SMTP; 2 Jan 2008 09:45:01 -0000 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue\, 01 Jan 2008 21\:18\:53 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.6-4.9 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:85868 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >>>>> cleanest thing would probably be an association list: >>>>> >>>>> '((buffer BUFFER) (point POINT)) >> However, if you decide an alist is better, shouldn't it be: > >> '((buffer . BUFFER) (point . POINT)) > >> using conses rather than lists as values ? > > Yes, but the lists here are generated by Lisp code, not hard-coded, so > the extra " . " and the extra parentheses don't matter. Huh? (equal '((a . b) (c . d)) '((a b) (c d))) => nil > I consider plists to be an unfortunate accident in Lisp's life. Let's just agree to disagree :-) -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk