From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: request for a new function, say, `sequence' Date: 26 Mar 2003 10:29:11 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200303250015.JAA06592@etlken.m17n.org> <200303250050.JAA06631@etlken.m17n.org> <200303250057.h2P0vBj6016367@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200303250125.KAA06703@etlken.m17n.org> <32627.1048557446@theforce.Stanford.EDU> <200303250208.LAA06802@etlken.m17n.org> <1191.1048560083@theforce.Stanford.EDU> <200303250446.NAA06974@etlken.m17n.org> <200303251527.h2PFR0lO018653@rum.cs.yale.edu> <20030326001145.GA16603@gnu.org> <200303260054.JAA08144@etlken.m17n.org> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=euc-jp Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1048642348 24224 80.91.224.249 (26 Mar 2003 01:32:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 01:32:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 26 02:32:25 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18xzmC-0006IO-00 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 02:32:24 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18xznN-0003Re-00 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 02:33:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18xzkZ-0007L9-05 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 20:30:43 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18xzjy-00079X-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 20:30:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18xzjq-00073y-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 20:29:59 -0500 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([210.143.35.51]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18xzjN-0006Z6-00; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 20:29:30 -0500 Original-Received: from mailgate3.nec.co.jp ([10.7.69.194])h2Q1THw21819; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:29:17 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: (from root@localhost) by mailgate3.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) id h2Q1TFN09933; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:29:16 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from edsgm02.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.50.208.12]) by mailsv4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILSV4-NEC) with ESMTP id h2Q1TDH27448; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:29:14 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (localhost [127.0.0.1]) KAA23286; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:29:13 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) with ESMTP id h2Q1TBNH023626; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:29:11 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 81CEB3702; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:29:11 +0900 (JST) Original-To: Kenichi Handa System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <200303260054.JAA08144@etlken.m17n.org> Original-Lines: 16 Original-cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:12619 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:12619 Kenichi Handa writes: > > recall that the function signature is usually > > (iota COUNT &optional START INTERVAL) >=20 > Ah, it's more general, but not convenient for the current > situation where we want to specify START and END > explicitely. Otherwise, the code gets difficult to read. I think this is a rather minor issue. After all, the whole point of this dicussion is whether it's a good idea to add a general function rather than keeping the current specific one; if you want maximum convenience, obviously the latter is the right way to go. -Miles --=20 =BC=AB=A4=E9=A4=F2=B6=F5=A4=CB=A4=B7=A4=C6=A1=A2=BF=B4=A4=F2=B3=AB=A4=AF=BB= =FE=A1=A2=C6=BB=A4=CF=B3=AB=A4=AB=A4=EC=A4=EB