From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: "Mathias Dahl" <mathias.dahl@gmail.com>
Cc: nntp@shellarchive.co.uk, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: find.el --- Build a valid find(1) command with sexps
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:53:46 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1Jgt6g-0002pc-FL@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7dbe73ed0804011417k33abed71xde9e3bb631862fd7@mail.gmail.com> (mathias.dahl@gmail.com)
> Also, I think that it should be a function rather than a macro.
> (That would require explicitly quoting the arguments.)
Could some explain to a lisp beginner like me what the benefit is? The
macro version seems easier to use as you don't have to quote the
arguments - to me that seems like a good thing.
A function is better because
(1) you can compute the arguments, and
(2) in general it is better to avoid using macros when they
are not really needed.
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2008-04-01 16:55 ` find.el --- Build a valid find(1) command with sexps Richard Stallman
2008-04-01 17:52 ` Phil Jackson
2008-04-02 18:45 ` Phil Jackson
2008-04-01 21:17 ` Mathias Dahl
2008-04-02 1:41 ` Mike Mattie
2008-04-02 2:53 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
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