From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Patch: make eldoc indicate current argument Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:25:12 -0600 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1184304334 22850 80.91.229.12 (13 Jul 2007 05:25:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:25:34 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 13 07:25:32 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 1I9Del-0007bI-Uv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:25:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I9Del-0002HG-4p for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:25:31 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I9Ded-0002EU-GF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:25:23 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I9Deb-0002D0-U2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:25:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I9Deb-0002Ct-Ki for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:25:21 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I9Deb-0006pv-5v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:25:21 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1I9DeU-0000fu-Bp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:25:14 +0200 Original-Received: from c-67-162-159-170.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([67.162.159.170]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:25:14 +0200 Original-Received: from kevin.d.rodgers by c-67-162-159-170.hsd1.co.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:25:14 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 34 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-67-162-159-170.hsd1.co.comcast.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (Macintosh/20070509) In-Reply-To: X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:74713 Archived-At: Richard Stallman wrote: > &optional and &rest appear in calling patterns of functions. > We use ellipses and square brackets in calling patterns of macros > and special forms. > > Some use "..." appended > to an argument name, e.g. "CLAUSES...". And, some use "..." as a > standalone argument name (see 'when'). > > Do you mean this? > > (when COND BODY ...) > > If so, I think that is a misunderstanding. The ellipsis here is not > an argument name, it is just an ellipsis. The space after `BODY' has > no significance. > > Perhaps we should delete that space, for consistency. The problem is not the space, it is the ellipsis, which is usually interpreted in this context to mean "et cetera". But there is only 1 BODY, which is the list of individual body forms. I would prefer (when COND &rest BODY) or (when COND FORM ...) -- Kevin Rodgers Denver, Colorado, USA