From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: gratuitous changes Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 04:18:01 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <20030204155741.B75B.LEKTU@terra.es> <2110-Tue04Feb2003214642+0200-eliz@is.elta.co.il> <20030204211350.DE42.LEKTU@terra.es> <200302042022.h14KMPN23253@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200302060409.WAA22146@eel.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1044609411 8367 80.91.224.249 (7 Feb 2003 09:16:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 09:16:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18h4cr-0002Ao-00 for ; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 10:16:49 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18h4mL-0001pg-00 for ; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 10:26:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18h4ep-00059Y-01 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 04:18:51 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18h4e8-0004qQ-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 04:18:08 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18h4e3-0004lt-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 04:18:04 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18h4e1-0004gR-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 04:18:01 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.10) id 18h4e1-0005l2-00; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 04:18:01 -0500 Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-reply-to: <200302060409.WAA22146@eel.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Wed, 5 Feb 2003 22:09:52 -0600 (CST)) Original-cc: ted@oconnor.cx X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:11448 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:11448 (string-to-char " ") would also work, and would avoid the need for a change in Emacs. This works, but in certain situations, one may want something more concise. Within lists and arrays, (string-to-char " ") requires backquote and comma. Yes, but that case may never occur. Character constants `?\ ' are rare enough to begin with, and we only have a problem when they occur at the end of the real code in a line.