From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: window groups Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 16:09:05 +0900 Message-ID: <87fxrzx84u.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <483D4E9A.9020001@gmx.at> <483E76D9.1060406@gmx.at> <483FA7D5.2090102@gmx.at> <1A346998-7F09-4CC2-9991-4564E6F4410B@merrillpress.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1212217782 31285 80.91.229.12 (31 May 2008 07:09:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 07:09:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: martin rudalics , rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Daniel Colascione Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 31 09:10:22 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 1K2LEH-0007z3-9t for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 09:10:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60851 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K2LDV-0001v5-Id for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 03:09:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2LDN-0001sn-8J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 03:09:21 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2LDL-0001sA-Hv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 03:09:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45913 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K2LDL-0001s3-9i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 03:09:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:35083) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K2LDC-0004dH-EV; Sat, 31 May 2008 03:09:10 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp11.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.73]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K2LDB-0004H7-PW; Sat, 31 May 2008 03:09:10 -0400 Original-Received: from 218.231.175.114.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.175.114] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp11.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1K2LD9-0000eY-2h; Sat, 31 May 2008 16:09:07 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F00522F3E; Sat, 31 May 2008 16:09:05 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <1A346998-7F09-4CC2-9991-4564E6F4410B@merrillpress.com> (Daniel Colascione's message of "Sat, 31 May 2008 02:17:38 -0400") Original-Lines: 16 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: by mx20.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:98110 Archived-At: Daniel Colascione writes: >> It does not HAVE to store anything. (The number doesn't store >> anything.) Its function is to be unique. > > What about using gensym? (1) it's a cl function, and (2) afaik, symbols take _more_ space than conses... But if it doesn't matter very much what you use, as long as they're unique, you can just leave it unspecified, and say that it returns a "unique cookie" or something. -Miles -- Accord, n. Harmony.