From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Richard M. Stallman" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Starnge comment in Custom Theme code. Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 21:20:26 -0500 Message-ID: References: <200512241630.jBOGU6H09878@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <87bqz6h0lw.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <200512250145.jBP1jQK15586@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1135563813 13505 80.91.229.2 (26 Dec 2005 02:23:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 02:23:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: cyd@stupidchicken.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 26 03:23:32 2005 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Eqi1I-0000re-Ty for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 03:23:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Eqi2T-0000vW-Ng for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Dec 2005 21:24:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Eqi01-0007nG-5t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Dec 2005 21:22:09 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Eqi00-0007mk-De for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Dec 2005 21:22:08 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Eqhzz-0007mU-G7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Dec 2005 21:22:07 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Eqhzj-00007H-Mx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Dec 2005 21:21:51 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1EqhyM-0001DQ-3c; Sun, 25 Dec 2005 21:20:26 -0500 Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-reply-to: <200512250145.jBP1jQK15586@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Sat, 24 Dec 2005 19:45:26 -0600 (CST)) 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:48369 Archived-At: For instance, take custom-save-variables. We see: (custom-save-delete 'custom-load-themes) (custom-save-delete 'custom-reset-variables) (custom-save-delete 'custom-set-variables) (custom-save-loaded-themes) (custom-save-resets 'theme-value 'custom-reset-variables nil) I understand the third line. What about the other four? They seem to be saving the current set of loaded themes. I don't see anything wrong with doing that here. This is the only place in Lisp code that does so. Are you arguing that this should be done somewhere else? If so, where? It has to be done somewhere, and no other place does it. Just to delete this code cannot be desirable.