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: files.el: Patch to make project-settings optional/customizable Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:52:00 -0500 Message-ID: References: <5f0ff9220811130629t505badf9kb1bcc380df89a08f@mail.gmail.com> <87prkz4kgh.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <200811131728.mADHSH2M010654@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <871vxflbxb.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <200811131848.mADImPMQ011099@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <200811181636.mAIGa9Lx000571@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <87prks6693.fsf@jurta.org> <874p24mwwz.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <200811182341.mAINfXaH002637@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <200811190014.mAJ0ETCA002782@mothra.ics.uci.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1227099188 25368 80.91.229.12 (19 Nov 2008 12:53:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:53:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: juri@jurta.org, lekktu@gmail.com, cyd@stupidchicken.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, tromey@redhat.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, tv.raman.tv@gmail.com To: Dan Nicolaescu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 19 13:54:08 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 1L2mZL-0000jL-7p for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:54:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36641 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L2mYC-0000oW-Nw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:52:56 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L2mXW-0000YK-SL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:52:14 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L2mXT-0000WH-3F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:52:11 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56965 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L2mXS-0000W4-U1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:52:10 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:55058) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L2mXS-0003gZ-LX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:52:10 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1L2mXI-0003eD-JK; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:52:00 -0500 In-reply-to: <200811190014.mAJ0ETCA002782@mothra.ics.uci.edu> (message from Dan Nicolaescu on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:14:29 -0800 (PST)) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/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:105815 Archived-At: Because it's not a variable, it has to be a constant. (And a string literal as it was until a few days ago is even better.) In a few years someone will see the defvar and will want to turn it into a defcustom and we'll have the same discussion again. defconst seems appropriate in this case.