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From: Kelly Dean <kelly@prtime.org>
To: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: The purpose of makunbound
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 09:02:18 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <QneVR9pQs8WMRBrMiC3lP6YCacfkDDNgnp5qllHj5yq@local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1YObtk-0002CC-Jz@fencepost.gnu.org>

Richard Stallman wrote:
>> So, I propose a global search/replace in the source code of
>> ⌜Qunbound⌝ to ⌜Qvoid⌝. Maybe you'll think that in some places, it
>> really makes more sense to interpret it as «unbound», not
>> «void». However, that would be inconsistent, if makunbound is
>> allowed to function on non-global (i.e. let-bound or buffer-local)
>> variables.
>
> I don't see an inconsistency.  I think the term "void" is fine with
> the existing behavior.

Ok, great! Since the term ‟void” is fine, let's use ⌜Qvoid⌝ for the corresponding constant in the source code.



  reply	other threads:[~2015-02-20  9:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 110+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-20  2:54 Proposal to change cursor appearance to indicate region activation Kelly Dean
2013-04-20  7:23 ` Drew Adams
2015-01-22  5:38   ` [PATCH] " Kelly Dean
2015-01-22 14:25     ` Stefan Monnier
2015-01-23  3:08       ` [PATCH] " Kelly Dean
2015-01-23  4:55         ` Stefan Monnier
2015-01-23 11:07           ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-23 17:49             ` Drew Adams
2015-01-24  3:06               ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-24  4:52                 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-01-24  9:22                   ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-25 14:29                     ` Stefan Monnier
2015-01-28  9:15                       ` [PATCH] Run hook when variable is set Kelly Dean
2015-01-28  9:23                         ` [PATCH] Proposal to change cursor appearance to indicate region activation Kelly Dean
2015-01-28 11:24                           ` David Kastrup
2015-01-28 12:13                             ` David Kastrup
2015-01-29 10:46                             ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-29 11:16                               ` David Kastrup
2015-01-30  7:20                                 ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-30  9:19                                   ` David Kastrup
2015-01-30 10:05                                     ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-30 10:12                                       ` David Kastrup
2015-01-30  9:43                                   ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-28 19:25                         ` [PATCH] Run hook when variable is set Stefan Monnier
2015-01-29  8:20                           ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-29  8:28                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2015-01-29 14:58                             ` Stefan Monnier
2015-01-30  7:34                               ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-30 15:55                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-01-31  9:18                                   ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-31 20:48                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-02  5:40                                       ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-02 15:57                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-03 19:56                                           ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-03 22:49                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-05  3:10                                               ` [PATCH] (Updated) " Kelly Dean
2015-02-05 13:57                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-06  5:34                                                   ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-06 14:42                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-07 12:27                                                       ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-07 15:09                                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-09  3:24                                                           ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-12 19:58                                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-13 23:08                                                               ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-14  0:55                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-14 22:19                                                                   ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-15 20:25                                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-17  2:22                                                                       ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-17 23:07                                                                         ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-18  3:19                                                                           ` The purpose of makunbound (Was: Run hook when variable is set) Kelly Dean
2015-02-18  5:48                                                                             ` The purpose of makunbound Stefan Monnier
2015-02-18  8:51                                                                               ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-18 14:34                                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-18 18:53                                                                                   ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-18 22:42                                                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-19 10:36                                                                                       ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-22  0:18                                                                                   ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-19 10:45                                                                           ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-19 13:33                                                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-19 23:51                                                                               ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-20  1:59                                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-20  9:35                                                                                   ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-20 16:55                                                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-20  2:58                                                                                 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-02-20  0:56                                                                             ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-20  9:02                                                                               ` Kelly Dean [this message]
2015-02-20 15:41                                                                                 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-21  5:45                                                                                   ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-02-22  0:32                                                                                     ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-22  8:45                                                                                       ` Andreas Schwab
2015-02-18  5:15                                                                         ` [PATCH] (Updated) Run hook when variable is set Kelly Dean
2015-02-18 22:37                                                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-18 22:37                                                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-19 10:35                                                                           ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-19 13:30                                                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-20  6:48                                                                               ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-20 19:29                                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-21 14:18                                                                                   ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-21 20:51                                                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-22  0:32                                                                                       ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-22 10:40                                                                                         ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-02-22 21:35                                                                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-23  3:09                                                                                           ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-23  4:19                                                                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-20 20:27                                                                               ` Proposal for debugging/testing option Kelly Dean
2015-02-24 16:28                                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-14 20:37                                                               ` [PATCH] (Updated) Run hook when variable is set Johan Bockgård
2015-02-15 19:36                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-15 19:53                                                                   ` Patches: inline vs. attachment, compressed vs. uncompressed. [was: Run hook when variable is set] Alan Mackenzie
2015-02-06  9:55                                                   ` [PATCH] (Updated) Run hook when variable is set Kelly Dean
2015-01-30 23:29                                 ` [PATCH] " Richard Stallman
2015-01-31  9:23                                   ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-31 23:16                                     ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-02  5:41                                       ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-01  2:04                               ` Alexis
2015-02-01  4:05                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-01  8:58                                   ` David Kastrup
2015-01-29 16:06                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-01-30  7:14                               ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-30  9:08                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-01-23 20:34             ` [PATCH] Proposal to change cursor appearance to indicate region activation Stefan Monnier
2015-01-24  0:25               ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-23 10:01         ` Tassilo Horn
2015-01-23 17:49           ` Drew Adams
2015-01-23 10:06         ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-01-23 11:40           ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-23 11:56             ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-01-22  5:41   ` Kelly Dean
2013-11-23 13:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-23 20:25   ` Drew Adams

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