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: silly face function names Date: 20 Dec 2002 19:08:23 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <5xd6nx0xne.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1040379149 17007 80.91.224.249 (20 Dec 2002 10:12:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:12:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18PK8q-0004QA-00 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 11:12:28 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18PKAO-0006Zw-00 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 11:14:05 +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 18PK6e-0005W2-04 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 05:10:12 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18PK5P-0004Eg-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 05:08:55 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18PK5I-00046C-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 05:08:50 -0500 Original-Received: from tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.202]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18PK5E-0003o1-00; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 05:08:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mailgate4.nec.co.jp ([10.7.69.197])gBKA8QU28117; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 19:08:26 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mailsv.nec.co.jp (mailgate52.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.191]) by mailgate4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) with ESMTP id gBKA8Pr25976; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 19:08:25 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.30.114.133]) by mailsv.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILSV-NEC) with ESMTP id gBKA8O113810; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 19:08:25 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) id gBKA8OB17174; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 19:08:24 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 93A283702; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 19:08:23 +0900 (JST) Original-To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <5xd6nx0xne.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> Original-Lines: 19 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:10300 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:10300 storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: > The names are badly chosen (having both 'set-' and '-p' is confusing), > but if you read the names like this, it does make sense: > > set-face - FOO-p > > I would argue that 'set-' takes precedence over '-p' here... I'd argue that you're wrong -- `FOO-p' is not a thing which you can set. Faces have an `inverse-video' property, and `face-inverse-video-p' is merely the name of the predicate which tests that property. Having bogus function names around in emacs-proper just serves to confuse people and cause the _next_ generation of bogus function names. -Miles -- Come now, if we were really planning to harm you, would we be waiting here, beside the path, in the very darkest part of the forest?