From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: RFC: String interpolation Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 14:04:07 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: References: <<51825111-ace4-f750-4077-026a3b648d27@gmail.com> <8af2c43b-1a06-49d9-81fb-24247dd8e49a@default>> <> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1481234669 3657 195.159.176.226 (8 Dec 2016 22:04:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 22:04:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: clement.pit@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org, Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 08 23:04:24 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cF6ng-00005C-9i for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Dec 2016 23:04:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49251 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cF6nk-0004fB-9U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Dec 2016 17:04:28 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49353) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cF6na-0004VA-7g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Dec 2016 17:04:18 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cF6nW-0002ml-EJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Dec 2016 17:04:18 -0500 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:37000) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cF6nW-0002lc-5D; Thu, 08 Dec 2016 17:04:14 -0500 Original-Received: from userv0021.oracle.com (userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id uB8M490g019923 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 8 Dec 2016 22:04:10 GMT Original-Received: from userv0121.oracle.com (userv0121.oracle.com [156.151.31.72]) by userv0021.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id uB8M49sL017582 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 8 Dec 2016 22:04:09 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0003.oracle.com (abhmp0003.oracle.com [141.146.116.9]) by userv0121.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.13.8) with ESMTP id uB8M48L0030436; Thu, 8 Dec 2016 22:04:09 GMT In-Reply-To: <> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 12.0.6753.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 141.146.126.69 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:210163 Archived-At: > > If Emacs extends `format', I'd vote for it to follow Common Lisp. >=20 > That could have many meanings. I hope you don't mean switching from % > to ~ to introduce special constructs. That would be extremely painful > and I am firmly against it. >=20 > If what you mean is not an incompatible change in Emacs, then I have > no opinion about it a priori. 1. I was speaking only generally, there. 2. If the same name (`format') is kept, then yes, it would need to be a compatible change. If another name (e.g. `cl-format') were used then it can (and if prefix `cl-' is used then it should) use % etc. It would be possible to either or both. I find Common Lisp `format' to be good. In general, the more Emacs Lisp `format' were to move toward it, the better, I think.