From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Possible change to startup.el Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:15:08 +0200 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: ttn@glug.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1112287904 9107 80.91.229.2 (31 Mar 2005 16:51:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 16:51:44 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 31 18:51:41 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DH2rT-0005OY-RA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:49:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DH38D-0005k9-6Q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:06:57 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DH36g-00054e-Fx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:05:24 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DH36a-00052z-NW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:05:19 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DH36Z-0004yV-G4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:05:15 -0500 Original-Received: from [151.37.167.252] (helo=surf.glug.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DH2p5-0008TS-Jn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 11:47:11 -0500 Original-Received: from ttn by surf.glug.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1DH2K4-0006g2-00 for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:15:08 +0200 Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-reply-to: (message from Miles Bader on Thu, 31 Mar 2005 23:29:04 +0900) 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:35431 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:35431 From: Miles Bader Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 23:29:04 +0900 Why? It's still just as clunky no matter what you call it. A period (or whatever) is a pointlessly awkward delimiter. whether or not it is clunky, the longer phrase is more accurate in describing the algorithm (and its one parameter) desired. i understand this is not your favorite approach and am tickled by the concept of a pointless period. "it's a full stop, full of nothing!" thi