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* Do shorthands break basic tooling (tags, grep, etc)? (was Re: Shorthands have landed on master)
@ 2021-09-28  0:38 Phil Sainty
  2021-09-28  5:43 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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  0 siblings, 3 replies; 332+ messages in thread
From: Phil Sainty @ 2021-09-28  0:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: João Távora; +Cc: emacs-devel

This has probably been covered in earlier discussions (apologies for
not being across those), but...

Won't this break a ton of basic tooling for locating things, if the
symbol in the file is not the actual symbol?

Simplicity can be a *very* good thing, and knowing that what you see
is in fact what you get is a benefit which shouldn't be undervalued,
IMO.

Name-spaces in other languages I've seen seem to come at a very
significant cost, complicating the tooling and forcing a lot of
things which could previously be take for granted to need changing
(if even possible) so that they are reliant on new features which
"understand" what's going on behind the scenes.

Is whatever we're gaining actually worth the resulting obfuscation?

Long names being "tedious" (quoting the new info manual) to read
and write seems like an insufficient reason, IMHO.


-Phil (who is no doubt WAY too late to the party)




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2021-09-28  0:38 Do shorthands break basic tooling (tags, grep, etc)? (was Re: Shorthands have landed on master) Phil Sainty
2021-09-28  5:43 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-28  7:26   ` João Távora
2021-09-30  6:03   ` Richard Stallman
2021-09-30  8:20     ` Gregory Heytings
2021-09-30 10:31       ` André A. Gomes
2021-09-30 10:54         ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-09-30 11:18           ` João Távora
2021-09-30 11:40             ` André A. Gomes
2021-09-30 16:58             ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-09-30 20:25               ` João Távora
2021-10-01  3:01                 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-09-30 11:30           ` André A. Gomes
2021-09-30 17:37             ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-09-30 11:46         ` Gregory Heytings
2021-09-30 12:41           ` João Távora
2021-09-30 13:00             ` Tomas Hlavaty
2021-09-30 13:26               ` João Távora
2021-09-30 14:26                 ` Tomas Hlavaty
2021-09-30 14:57                   ` João Távora
2021-09-30 15:50                     ` Tomas Hlavaty
2021-09-30 16:02                       ` João Távora
2021-09-30 17:58                         ` Tomas Hlavaty
2021-09-30 23:30                           ` João Távora
2021-10-04 15:29                   ` André A. Gomes
2021-09-30 13:18             ` Gregory Heytings
2021-09-30 13:31               ` João Távora
2021-09-30 13:41                 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-09-30 16:23             ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-30 17:19               ` João Távora
2021-10-01  1:20                 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-09-30 22:10               ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-09-30 22:22                 ` A read-based grep-like for symbols (el-search?) (was Do shorthands break basic tooling (tags, grep, etc)? (was Re: Shorthands have landed on master)) João Távora
2021-09-30 23:23                   ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-09-30 23:38                     ` João Távora
2021-10-01  1:17                       ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-10-01  7:02                       ` tomas
2021-10-01 13:15                         ` João Távora
2021-10-01 13:53                           ` tomas
2021-10-01 14:30                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-10-01 14:40                             ` João Távora
2021-10-01 15:48                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-10-01 16:05                                 ` João Távora
2021-10-01 16:11                                   ` João Távora
2021-10-01 16:41                                     ` João Távora
2021-10-01 23:17                                       ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-10-02  1:14                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-10-02  1:46                                         ` João Távora
2021-10-02  2:13                                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-10-04 15:57                                           ` André A. Gomes
2021-10-02  1:05                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-10-02  1:30                                     ` João Távora
2021-10-02  1:43                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-10-02  2:05                                         ` João Távora
2021-10-02  2:24                                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-10-02  8:39                                           ` Adam Porter
2021-10-02  8:36                                 ` Adam Porter
2021-10-02 12:16                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-10-02 23:18                                 ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-03 21:17                                   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-10-07 22:21                                     ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-18 21:13                                       ` Gregory Heytings
2021-10-18 21:22                                       ` Gregory Heytings
2021-10-20  6:45                                         ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-20  8:00                                           ` Gregory Heytings
2021-10-23 23:26                                             ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-01 22:58                               ` Gregory Heytings
2021-10-01 23:03                                 ` João Távora
2021-10-02  8:50                                   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-10-02 10:29                                     ` João Távora
2021-10-02 11:57                                       ` Gregory Heytings
2021-10-02 12:44                                         ` João Távora
2021-10-02 14:50                                           ` João Távora
2021-10-02 15:01                                           ` Gregory Heytings
2021-10-02 15:22                                             ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-02 15:33                                               ` But then what are namespaces ? (was: A read-based grep-like for symbols (el-search?) (was Do shorthands break basic tooling (tags, grep, etc)? (was Re: Shorthands have landed on master))) João Távora
2021-10-02 19:42                                                 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-10-02 19:59                                                   ` But then what are namespaces ? Stefan Monnier
2021-10-02 20:41                                                     ` Gregory Heytings
2021-10-02 21:05                                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2021-10-02 21:09                                                         ` João Távora
2021-10-02 21:14                                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2021-10-02 22:41                                                             ` João Távora
2021-10-02 22:49                                                               ` João Távora
2021-10-02 23:31                                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2021-10-03 21:47                                                         ` Gregory Heytings
2021-10-02 20:00                                                   ` But then what are namespaces ? (was: A read-based grep-like for symbols (el-search?) (was Do shorthands break basic tooling (tags, grep, etc)? (was Re: Shorthands have landed on master))) João Távora
2021-10-02 20:41                                                     ` Gregory Heytings
2021-10-02 20:46                                                       ` João Távora
2021-10-03  1:15                                                   ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-10-02 15:25                                             ` A read-based grep-like for symbols (el-search?) (was Do shorthands break basic tooling (tags, grep, etc)? (was Re: Shorthands have landed on master)) João Távora
2021-10-02 16:08                                               ` Gregory Heytings
2021-10-01 22:58                           ` Gregory Heytings
2021-10-01 23:10                             ` João Távora
2021-10-02  9:03                               ` Gregory Heytings
2021-10-02 10:25                                 ` João Távora
2021-10-01 23:04                         ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-09-30 12:34         ` Do shorthands break basic tooling (tags, grep, etc)? (was Re: Shorthands have landed on master) Tomas Hlavaty
2021-09-28  6:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-28  7:41   ` João Távora
2021-09-28  8:04     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-28  8:07     ` Helmut Eller
2021-10-02  1:06       ` João Távora
2021-09-28 12:40   ` Stefan Monnier
2021-09-28 15:28     ` João Távora
2021-09-28 19:21       ` Stefan Monnier
2021-09-28 17:25   ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-09-28 18:25     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-28 19:05       ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-09-28 19:29         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-30 12:23           ` Phil Sainty
2021-09-30 12:28             ` Gregory Heytings
2021-09-30 12:29               ` Gregory Heytings
2021-09-30 12:44             ` Joost Kremers
2021-09-30 13:18               ` Adam Porter
2021-10-01  0:11                 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-30 12:52             ` Tomas Hlavaty
2021-09-30 12:55               ` João Távora
2021-09-30 13:49                 ` Tomas Hlavaty
2021-09-30 13:17             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-10-01  0:21               ` João Távora
2021-09-30 14:12             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-30 14:27               ` João Távora
2021-09-30 22:50               ` Phil Sainty
2021-10-01  0:44                 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-01  7:06                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-10-01  7:24                     ` João Távora
2021-10-01 10:10                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-01  6:09                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-01 12:24                   ` Phil Sainty
2021-10-01 13:00                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-02  0:28                       ` Phil Sainty
2021-10-02  6:45                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-02  7:44                           ` Phil Sainty
2021-10-02  8:53                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-02 10:52                             ` João Távora
2021-10-04  0:12                               ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-04  0:16                               ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-04 13:09                                 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-10-04 15:44                                 ` João Távora
2021-10-04 16:51                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-04 17:43                                     ` João Távora
2021-10-04 17:51                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-04 18:34                                   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-10-04 19:15                                     ` João Távora
2021-10-04 19:30                                       ` Gregory Heytings
2021-10-05 21:20                                         ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-06 13:12                                         ` João Távora
2021-10-05 21:20                                   ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-05 21:20                                   ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-05 22:07                                     ` João Távora
2021-10-05 22:15                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2021-10-06 11:28                                         ` João Távora
2021-10-06 12:21                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2021-10-06 12:30                                             ` João Távora
2021-10-06 12:46                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2021-10-06 13:16                                                 ` João Távora
2021-10-06 16:23                                                   ` João Távora
2021-10-06 20:00                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-10-06 21:10                                                       ` João Távora
2021-10-06 21:39                                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2021-10-10 21:09                                         ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-10-07 22:21                                       ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-07 22:24                                         ` João Távora
2021-10-08  6:08                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-08 12:58                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2021-10-08 13:22                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-10 21:06                                                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-10-10 21:18                                                   ` João Távora
2021-10-08 14:16                                               ` João Távora
2021-10-08 15:55                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-10-08 17:34                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-08 18:16                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-10-08 18:51                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-08 23:43                                                   ` João Távora
2021-10-01 22:38             ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-01 22:41               ` João Távora
2021-10-01 22:52               ` João Távora
2021-10-01 23:52               ` Phil Sainty
2021-10-02  1:38               ` T.V Raman
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2021-09-28 18:38     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-09-28 19:14       ` Alan Mackenzie
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2021-09-28 19:31           ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-09-28 19:41             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-30 22:10         ` Richard Stallman
2021-09-30 23:59           ` Tomas Hlavaty
2021-09-28  7:21 ` João Távora
2021-09-28 12:49   ` Phil Sainty
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2021-09-28 14:04       ` Gregory Heytings
2021-09-28 15:01         ` Adam Porter
2021-09-28 15:20       ` João Távora
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2021-10-05 11:46               ` Philip Kaludercic
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2021-10-06 21:22                   ` Philip Kaludercic
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2021-10-07 22:27                     ` Richard Stallman
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2021-10-13  2:29                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
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2021-10-13 13:19                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
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2021-10-13  0:02                                 ` Po Lu
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2021-10-27 18:27                                     ` tomas
2021-10-27 18:33                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-27 18:55                                     ` Karl Fogel
2021-10-27 19:15                                       ` dick
2021-10-12  7:14                             ` tomas
2021-10-12  8:04                               ` Ag Ibragimov
2021-10-12 22:43                             ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-13  3:42                               ` Ag Ibragimov
2021-10-13  5:20                                 ` Po Lu
2021-10-13 12:39                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-13 12:49                                     ` Po Lu
2021-10-13 13:25                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-13 13:37                                         ` Po Lu
2021-10-13 13:53                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-13 23:42                                             ` Po Lu
2021-10-13 13:38                                         ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-10-14 22:22                                         ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-14 22:26                                     ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-15  6:35                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-15  9:54                                         ` Tim Cross
2021-10-12 22:43                             ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-13  5:36                               ` Ag Ibragimov
2021-10-13 22:40                                 ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-10 23:45                       ` Dmitry Gutov
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2021-10-11  9:10                         ` Alexandre Garreau
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2021-10-11 10:48                             ` Alexandre Garreau
2021-10-11 21:16                             ` Richard Stallman
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2021-10-22 22:27                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-10-22 22:48                                 ` Tim Cross
2021-10-22 23:11                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-10-23 23:27                                 ` Richard Stallman
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