From: "Juanma Barranquero" <lekktu@gmail.com>
To: "Dan Nicolaescu" <dann@ics.uci.edu>
Cc: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>, Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>,
emacs-devel@gnu.org, "T.V. Raman" <tv.raman.tv@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: files.el: Patch to make project-settings optional/customizable
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:41:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f7ccd24b0811181541n3e38a946y5094567ebc4cc7dd@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200811182318.mAINIJPw002526@mothra.ics.uci.edu>
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 00:18, Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu> wrote:
> And this is currently documented ... where?
Nowhere it is documented that changing it could cause problems, as it
is nowhere documented that the name is cast in stone because [at least
part of] the developers "know better". Adding a note to the docstring
is not difficult, though.
> And such fragile behavior
> is preferable because ... ?
It's not more "fragile" than allowing local variables in files, which
can be a security liability. And yet we do allow it, taking
appropriate measures to minimize the risks.
Juanma
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-18 23:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 60+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-13 14:29 files.el: Patch to make project-settings optional/customizable T.V. Raman
2008-11-13 15:20 ` Chong Yidong
2008-11-13 16:07 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2008-11-13 16:19 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2008-11-13 16:45 ` Tom Tromey
2008-11-13 17:14 ` Chong Yidong
2008-11-13 17:28 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2008-11-13 17:55 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-11-13 17:59 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2008-11-13 19:13 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-11-13 19:00 ` Tom Tromey
2008-11-13 19:15 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-11-13 18:26 ` Chong Yidong
2008-11-13 18:48 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2008-11-18 16:36 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2008-11-18 22:04 ` Juri Linkov
2008-11-18 22:15 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2008-11-18 22:42 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-11-18 23:18 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2008-11-18 23:41 ` Juanma Barranquero [this message]
2008-11-18 22:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-11-18 23:31 ` Juri Linkov
2008-11-18 23:33 ` Chong Yidong
2008-11-18 23:41 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2008-11-18 23:50 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-11-19 0:14 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2008-11-19 1:48 ` Chong Yidong
2008-11-19 8:26 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-11-19 12:52 ` Richard M. Stallman
2008-11-18 23:37 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-11-19 2:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-11-19 8:39 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-11-19 13:27 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2008-11-19 22:45 ` Juri Linkov
2008-11-19 22:58 ` Tom Tromey
2008-11-20 2:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-11-22 19:08 ` Juri Linkov
2008-11-22 19:40 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2008-11-22 19:51 ` Juri Linkov
2008-11-22 20:20 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2008-11-22 22:03 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-11-23 3:34 ` Miles Bader
2008-11-23 5:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-11-23 5:36 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-11-23 5:58 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-11-23 8:10 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2008-11-23 10:45 ` Juri Linkov
2008-11-23 12:10 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2008-11-23 12:41 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-11-23 17:16 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2008-11-23 17:45 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-11-23 21:21 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2008-11-24 2:14 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-11-24 3:06 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2008-11-24 5:35 ` Chong Yidong
2008-11-22 4:03 ` Kevin Rodgers
2008-11-19 4:07 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-11-13 19:04 ` Tom Tromey
2008-11-13 19:23 ` Tom Tromey
2008-11-13 19:55 ` Juanma Barranquero
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