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: Last steps for pretesting (font-lock-extend-region-function) Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:22:31 +0900 Message-ID: <87hd4hi3so.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <87mze9dfx2.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1146010992 9210 80.91.229.2 (26 Apr 2006 00:23:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:23:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Stefan Monnier , Richard Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 26 02:23:08 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FYXoA-0001v6-8F for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 02:23:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FYXo9-0007ev-LU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:23:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FYXnw-0007eq-Ro for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:22:52 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FYXnt-0007dP-VG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:22:51 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FYXnt-0007dB-NR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:22:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [203.216.5.72] (helo=smtp02.dentaku.gol.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1FYXqQ-0002eS-1R; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:25:26 -0400 Original-Received: from 203-216-96-138.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.96.138] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp02.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1FYXne-0000wb-CP; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:22:34 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DC6FB2F49; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:22:32 +0900 (JST) Original-To: Alan Mackenzie System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: (Alan Mackenzie's message of "Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:14:52 +0000 (GMT)") Original-Lines: 22 X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com 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:53434 Archived-At: Alan Mackenzie writes: >>Actually no: as I've shown with my sample alternative solution, it would >>only force you to make you life simpler. > > You have shown nothing of the kind. You're in no better position to > decide what is objectively simpler than I am, since neither of is is > unbiassed in this debate. I'm in a better position than you to know what > makes MY life simpler. Please respect that. I gotta say -- I know nothing about the subject, but as far as the code posted, Stefan's looks a _lot_ simpler. More specifically, I get the sense I could figure out what Stefan's code is doing by reading the docs a bit, whereas the corresponding code from Alan seems impenetrable. Maybe that doesn't matter to you Alan, because you're immersed in your current solution, but I think it would be good to think about future maintainers too. -Miles -- We are all lying in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. -Oscar Wilde