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From: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>
To: "João Távora" <joaotavora@gmail.com>
Cc: Phil Sainty <psainty@orcon.net.nz>,
	emacs-devel@gnu.org, Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
Subject: Re: Do shorthands break basic tooling (tags, grep, etc)? (was Re: Shorthands have landed on master)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:23:03 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9ecf597461945bf5f13c@heytings.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87tui4d8vu.fsf@gmail.com>


>> Perhaps we could alleviate this by requiring that shorthands end with a 
>> particular character (like '/' or ':'), so that if you see it in a 
>> name, it's probably a shorthand.
>
> I think that's a dreadful idea.
>

How so?  The purpose is only to provide an unambiguous textual clue that 
the symbol will be transformed by the Lisp reader into another symbol. 
With your examples (in the manual), the author or user of 
some-nice-string-utils.el would use

;; elisp-shorthands: (("snu" . "some-nice-string-utils-"))

(without the final dash) in its local variables, and the chosen symbol 
(after thinking a bit more about this, I think "::" which was suggested 
earlier is better than "@") between snu and the function/variable names 
throughout the file.

That would also make the task of standard tools like tags or grep easier.

>
> If however, you substritute "requiring shorthands to end" with "visually 
> annotating" shorthands, such as with font-lock, for example
>

So in the end we would have something that very much resembles nameless.el 
(a prefix defined in local variables, and using font lock to "visually 
annotate" that prefix) without its benefits (not breaking any of the 
standard tools and allowing anyone to choose whether and how they want to 
use that feature)?



  reply	other threads:[~2021-09-28 19:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 332+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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
2021-09-28 19:30         ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-09-28 18:38     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-09-28 19:14       ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-09-28 19:22         ` Eli Zaretskii
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
2021-09-28 13:08     ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-09-28 14:04       ` Gregory Heytings
2021-09-28 15:01         ` Adam Porter
2021-09-28 15:20       ` João Távora
2021-09-28 19:23         ` Gregory Heytings [this message]
2021-09-28 15:15     ` João Távora
2021-09-30  6:06     ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-05  5:57       ` Elisp LSP Server Ag Ibragimov
2021-10-05  6:38         ` Po Lu
2021-10-05  9:50           ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-10-05 11:27             ` Po Lu
2021-10-05 11:46               ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-10-06 20:57                 ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-06 21:22                   ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-10-06 21:44                     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-10-07 22:27                     ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-07  0:49                   ` Po Lu
2021-10-10 12:48                     ` Ag Ibragimov
2021-10-10 14:19                       ` Daniel Martín
2021-10-10 16:49                         ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-10-10 19:25                           ` Daniel Martín
2021-10-11  7:44                         ` Po Lu
2021-10-11 21:15                           ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-12  5:29                           ` Ag Ibragimov
2021-10-12  5:48                             ` Po Lu
2021-10-12 17:14                               ` Ag Ibragimov
2021-10-12 17:46                                 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-12 20:53                                   ` dick
2021-10-13  2:29                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-13 11:56                                       ` dick
2021-10-13 13:19                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-13  4:47                                   ` Ag Ibragimov
2021-10-13  0:02                                 ` Po Lu
2021-10-27 14:36                                 ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-27 18:04                                   ` dick
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  5:36                               ` Ag Ibragimov
2021-10-13 22:40                                 ` Richard Stallman
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
2021-10-10 23:45                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-10-11  7:34                       ` Po Lu
2021-10-11  9:10                         ` Alexandre Garreau
2021-10-11 10:46                           ` Po Lu
2021-10-11 10:48                             ` Alexandre Garreau
2021-10-11 21:16                             ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-12  7:17                               ` tomas
2021-10-14 12:48                               ` Alexandre Garreau
2021-10-15 22:47                                 ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-11 21:10                       ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-22 16:23                       ` Mathias Dahl
2021-10-22 16:40                         ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-10-22 16:45                           ` Alexandre Garreau
2021-10-22 19:59                             ` Tim Cross
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
2021-10-25  7:47                               ` Alexandre Garreau
2021-10-23  2:00                             ` Po Lu
2021-10-25  2:17                             ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-25  7:00                               ` Alexandre Garreau
2021-10-22 16:55                           ` Mathias Dahl
2021-10-22 20:55                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-10-25  2:17                             ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-25  7:22                               ` Alexandre Garreau
2021-10-25  7:45                                 ` Theodor Thornhill
2021-10-25  7:51                                   ` Alexandre Garreau
2021-10-25  8:23                                     ` Theodor Thornhill
2021-10-30  6:51                                 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-01 11:48                                   ` Alexandre Garreau
2021-11-01 17:47                                     ` Tim Cross
2021-11-03  3:18                                     ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-03 20:06                                       ` Jostein Kjønigsen
2021-11-05  3:53                                         ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-05  5:55                                           ` Daniel Brooks
2021-11-05  6:25                                             ` Jostein Kjønigsen
2021-11-05  9:56                                       ` Alexandre Garreau
2021-10-25  5:46               ` Jostein Kjønigsen
2021-10-06 20:57             ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-06 21:35               ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-10-05 10:15         ` Joost Kremers
2021-10-06 20:57           ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-12  2:52             ` Ag Ibragimov
2021-10-12  3:37               ` dick
2021-10-12  3:43               ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-12 22:41                 ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-12  4:08               ` Stefan Monnier
2021-10-12  5:55               ` Po Lu
2021-10-12  7:22                 ` Ag Ibragimov
2021-10-12 10:21                   ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-10-12 12:14                     ` tomas
2021-10-12 12:51                       ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-10-12 13:08                         ` tomas
2021-10-12 12:22                   ` Stefan Monnier
2021-10-12 22:41                 ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-13  0:00                   ` Po Lu
2021-10-13  0:22                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-10-13  0:31                   ` Tim Cross
2021-10-13 17:15                     ` Joost Kremers
2021-10-13 17:34                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-10-13 20:00                         ` Tim Cross
2021-10-13 21:47                           ` Stefan Monnier
2021-10-13 23:14                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-10-14  6:39                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-14  6:58                             ` Po Lu
2021-10-14  6:52                           ` Po Lu
2021-10-14 11:08                             ` dick
2021-10-14 13:34                           ` Augusto Stoffel
2021-10-14  8:20                         ` João Távora
2021-10-15 22:51                           ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-16 19:02                             ` João Távora
2021-10-17 23:49                               ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-17 23:58                                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-10-20 22:33                                   ` Richard Stallman
2021-10-18  0:32                                 ` Tim Cross
2021-10-18  1:18                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2021-10-18  2:23                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-18 12:43                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2021-10-18 13:13                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-14  7:01                       ` Po Lu
2021-10-14  8:43                         ` [OT] Elisp as a general purpose programming language (was: Elisp LSP Server) Joost Kremers
2021-10-14 10:37                           ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2021-10-14  7:03                     ` Elisp LSP Server Po Lu

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