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: Enhancement suggestion: prin1 extension mechanism Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:30:03 -0400 Message-ID: References: <200809110325.m8B3PYFE031034@projectile.siege-engine.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1221265931 5204 80.91.229.12 (13 Sep 2008 00:32:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:32:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Eric M. Ludlam" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 13 02:33:07 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KeJ4T-0001Gc-K7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:33:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46011 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KeJ3T-0007Lb-4y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:32:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KeJ3M-0007Iz-PZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:31:56 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KeJ3K-0007HZ-Qb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:31:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47152 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KeJ3K-0007HO-DB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:31:54 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:40872) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KeJ3K-0003Gz-3o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:31:54 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1KeJ1X-0004WC-LK; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:30:03 -0400 In-reply-to: <200809110325.m8B3PYFE031034@projectile.siege-engine.com> (eric@siege-engine.com) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:103862 Archived-At: I have two questions: * Why have cedet-edebug-prin1-to-string construct a function definition rather than scan the list cedet-edebug-prin1-extensions directly? * Would it make sense to define the conditions in a more structured (and thus, less general and more predictable) way? For instance, could it fit naturally into the way EIEIO defines a class?