From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: constant `e' Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 07:33:38 -0800 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1171035371 11651 80.91.229.12 (9 Feb 2007 15:36:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 15:36:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 09 16:36:05 2007 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 1HFXnA-0000gi-Cn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2007 16:36:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HFXn9-0002aT-PX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:36:03 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HFXml-0002Th-0k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:35:39 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HFXmj-0002T4-GB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:35:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HFXmj-0002Sq-3u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:35:37 -0500 Original-Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1HFXmh-0002bI-OI; Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:35:36 -0500 Original-Received: from rgmgw2.us.oracle.com (rgmgw2.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.111]) by agminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id l19FZWdh032573; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 09:35:32 -0600 Original-Received: from rcsmt250.oracle.com (rcsmt250.oracle.com [148.87.90.195]) by rgmgw2.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id l19FRLvi000675; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 08:35:30 -0700 Original-Received: from dhcp-amer-csvpn-gw1-141-144-67-35.vpn.oracle.com by rcsmt250.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2435755821171035222; Fri, 09 Feb 2007 08:33:42 -0700 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:66174 Archived-At: > I could consider renaming it (later) if someone suggests a good new > name. `numeric-constant-e', and adopt that (or similar) as the convention for numeric constants: `numeric-constant-pi', etc. However, I still prefer, in descending order or preference: 1. (exp 1) ; that is, drop the variable altogether 2. (e); that is, make it a function that does (exp 1) or picks up the memoized value after doing (exp 1 once).