From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: string> missing? Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:24:44 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87oakxkvqw.fsf@petton.fr> <83zj4grgkc.fsf@gnu.org> <87sia8n8b5.fsf@petton.fr> <87zj4gu821.fsf@gnu.org> <83sia8rdkm.fsf@gnu.org> <83pp5crbfd.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1433366709 18031 80.91.229.3 (3 Jun 2015 21:25:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 21:25:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eliz@gnu.org, tsdh@gnu.org, nicolas@petton.fr, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Nick Andryshak Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 03 23:24:54 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Z0G9a-0000nO-Bn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Jun 2015 23:24:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38313 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z0G9Z-0005Og-Ba for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:24:49 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36922) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z0G9W-0005OF-4v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:24:46 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z0G9V-0004eI-5G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:24:46 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:38099) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z0G9V-0004eE-2o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:24:45 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z0G9U-00065A-1b; Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:24:44 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Nick Andryshak on Wed, 03 Jun 2015 12:50:47 -0400) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:187003 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] I decided to define string< and not string> back when keeping Emacs small was a major design goal. Even one additional function was worth avoiding. I considered > so basic that it was worth adding, but string> we could live without. That goal no longer exists. I see no harm in adding string> for symmetry, now. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org) Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.