From: John Mastro <john.b.mastro@gmail.com>
To: emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>, Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
Subject: Re: with-url
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2017 14:25:34 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOj2CQR5_3LeLSRbhx9aupmTX_Br9VDJZ0P1MrF_zS4pt2i2Ag@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e6b14926-f56c-55b0-3d7f-388fda9580ac@yandex.ru>
>>> Something else I take an issue with, is with `with-url' being a
>>> macro. :) That violates The First Rule of Macro Club.
>>
>> Yes, the first rule is "use a macro when it makes sense".
>
> Not really. And macros make sense the most when we add a control flow
> construct, or some sort of definition syntax for a new facility.
> Neither of which is really the case here.
I apologize if this has already been discussed, but how about
implementing this as a new function that improves on the current
situation but offers a traditional interface, plus a macro as an
optional convenience layer atop it?
John
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-01-21 22:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-12-29 0:41 with-url Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-12-29 1:06 ` with-url Stefan Monnier
2016-12-29 1:12 ` with-url Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-12-29 16:05 ` with-url Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-29 16:35 ` with-url Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-12-29 16:40 ` with-url Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-12-29 16:58 ` with-url Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-29 18:52 ` with-url Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-12-29 20:31 ` with-url Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-30 14:12 ` with-url Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-12-30 15:23 ` with-url Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-12-30 16:58 ` with-url Eli Zaretskii
2017-01-21 15:31 ` with-url Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-01-21 15:33 ` with-url Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-01-21 15:54 ` with-url Eli Zaretskii
2017-01-21 16:32 ` with-url Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-01-21 16:40 ` with-url Eli Zaretskii
2017-01-22 15:55 ` with-url Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-01-22 16:39 ` with-url Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-29 16:53 ` with-url Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-29 18:48 ` with-url Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-01-01 1:07 ` with-url Dmitry Gutov
2017-01-03 17:47 ` with-url Stefan Monnier
2017-01-26 23:00 ` with-url Ted Zlatanov
2017-01-26 23:08 ` with-url Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-01-27 13:49 ` with-url Ted Zlatanov
2017-01-21 15:44 ` with-url Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-01-21 20:26 ` with-url Dmitry Gutov
2017-01-21 20:32 ` with-url Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-01-21 20:36 ` with-url Dmitry Gutov
2017-01-21 20:49 ` with-url Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-01-21 21:05 ` with-url Dmitry Gutov
2017-01-21 21:12 ` with-url Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-01-21 21:16 ` with-url Dmitry Gutov
2017-01-21 21:23 ` with-url Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-01-21 21:27 ` with-url Dmitry Gutov
2017-01-21 21:37 ` with-url Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-01-21 21:54 ` with-url Dmitry Gutov
2017-01-21 22:07 ` with-url Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-01-22 12:14 ` with-url Yuri Khan
2017-01-22 14:46 ` with-url Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-01-22 15:13 ` with-url Dmitry Gutov
2017-01-22 16:36 ` with-url Eli Zaretskii
2017-01-22 21:27 ` with-url Dmitry Gutov
2017-01-22 14:22 ` with-url Dmitry Gutov
2017-01-22 14:42 ` with-url Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-01-21 20:34 ` with-url Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-01-21 20:38 ` with-url Dmitry Gutov
2017-01-21 20:48 ` with-url Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-01-21 22:25 ` John Mastro [this message]
2017-01-22 16:04 ` with-url Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-01-22 16:42 ` with-url Eli Zaretskii
2017-01-22 16:55 ` with-url Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-01-22 23:56 ` not with-url Richard Stallman
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