From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: "Gerd Möllmann" <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com>
Cc: joaotavora@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Help sought understanding shorthands wrt modules/packages
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2022 23:13:46 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1or9cw-00073G-BB@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2leoswri1.fsf@Mini.fritz.box> (message from Gerd Möllmann on Thu, 03 Nov 2022 06:12:38 +0100)
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> > Hi Gerd, I'm there one who implemented shorthands in Emacs, and i sure
> > don't think they are a substitute for CL packages.
To ask whether something is a "substitute" for XYZ
presumes that XYZ is a good thing and does something useful.
If CL packages still have the misfeature of searching a list of
packages for one that has a symbol 'foobar' in it, and deciding
what `foobar' in your code means based on that,
then they are inexcusable bad design and we must not implement them.
If they no longer have that misfeature, maybe they are ok.
If you want `foo', when it occurs in certain files,
to refer to the symbol `hack:foo', the best way to do this
is to use a shorthand. If CL doesn't have that search-list flaw,
maybe it should be implemented using shorthands as the underlying
mechanism.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-11-05 3:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 125+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-10-30 6:45 Help sought understanding shorthands wrt modules/packages Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-30 8:38 ` tomas
2022-10-30 8:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-30 9:14 ` tomas
2022-10-30 10:26 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-30 10:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-30 11:24 ` Is there a need for a module system Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-30 11:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-30 14:03 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-30 10:40 ` Help sought understanding shorthands wrt modules/packages Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-30 11:06 ` tomas
2022-10-30 11:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-30 12:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-10-30 13:48 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-30 14:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-10-31 6:31 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-30 20:16 ` Helmut Eller
2022-10-31 6:27 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-31 12:13 ` Juanma Barranquero
2022-10-31 12:57 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-31 13:38 ` Juanma Barranquero
2022-10-31 19:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-11-11 4:35 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-11 9:33 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-13 4:17 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-13 6:41 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-03 3:17 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-03 5:33 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-03 3:17 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-03 8:12 ` Michael Albinus
2022-11-03 3:17 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-03 8:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-05 16:49 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-05 17:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-07 7:47 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-07 12:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-08 6:19 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-08 9:54 ` João Távora
2022-11-08 10:35 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-08 15:40 ` João Távora
2022-11-08 15:47 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-11-08 22:43 ` João Távora
2022-11-09 6:57 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-09 7:23 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-11 4:34 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-11 9:25 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-12 3:35 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-19 22:51 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-11-20 7:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-20 18:55 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-11-20 19:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-22 12:14 ` [External] : " Richard Stallman
2022-11-22 14:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-20 8:08 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-12 3:35 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-22 19:37 ` Matt Armstrong
2022-11-23 7:33 ` Juanma Barranquero
2022-11-26 23:32 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-27 9:05 ` Juanma Barranquero
2022-11-30 23:55 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-23 7:42 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-12-14 22:21 ` Richard Stallman
2022-12-15 6:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-12-17 14:53 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-22 18:01 ` Matt Armstrong
2022-11-22 18:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-23 0:55 ` Matt Armstrong
2022-11-23 7:49 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-23 12:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-11 4:35 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-11 9:35 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-11 12:09 ` João Távora
2022-11-11 13:01 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-11 14:23 ` João Távora
2022-11-11 15:12 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-12 9:17 ` João Távora
2022-11-12 13:00 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-12 3:35 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-05 21:47 ` Eduardo Ochs
2022-11-06 9:05 ` Michael Albinus
2022-11-06 11:19 ` João Távora
2022-11-11 4:35 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-11 10:09 ` João Távora
2022-11-12 3:35 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-12 10:11 ` João Távora
2022-11-12 14:36 ` Dmitry Gutov
2022-11-12 15:20 ` João Távora
2022-11-12 17:32 ` Dmitry Gutov
2022-11-12 18:45 ` João Távora
2022-11-14 1:03 ` Dmitry Gutov
2022-11-14 6:33 ` João Távora
2022-11-14 11:41 ` Dmitry Gutov
2022-11-14 13:41 ` João Távora
2022-11-14 3:13 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-11 4:35 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-11 8:53 ` Michael Albinus
2022-11-11 4:35 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-11 7:10 ` Helmut Eller
2022-11-01 3:11 ` Ag Ibragimov
2022-11-02 20:11 ` João Távora
2022-11-03 5:12 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-03 20:04 ` A short defense of shorthands.el (but CL packages are still better) (Was: Help sought understanding shorthands wrt modules/packages) João Távora
2022-11-04 3:28 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-05 1:09 ` A short defense of shorthands.el (but CL packages are still better) João Távora
2022-11-07 7:44 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-07 10:18 ` João Távora
2022-11-08 5:02 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-08 5:18 ` João Távora
2022-11-05 3:13 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2022-11-06 11:31 ` Help sought understanding shorthands wrt modules/packages João Távora
2022-11-08 0:27 ` Matt Armstrong
2022-11-08 4:52 ` João Távora
2022-11-08 5:34 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-09 4:03 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-09 5:42 ` Yuri Khan
2022-11-09 5:48 ` tomas
2022-11-09 6:02 ` Matt Armstrong
2022-11-09 7:15 ` Juanma Barranquero
2022-11-09 8:34 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-09 10:07 ` Helmut Eller
2022-11-09 18:22 ` Matt Armstrong
2022-11-09 4:03 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-09 5:13 ` Matt Armstrong
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2022-11-07 21:20 Payas Relekar
2022-11-08 9:40 ` João Távora
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