From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Juanma Barranquero" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: files.el: Patch to make project-settings optional/customizable Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:41:48 +0100 Message-ID: References: <5f0ff9220811130629t505badf9kb1bcc380df89a08f@mail.gmail.com> <87prkz4kgh.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <200811131728.mADHSH2M010654@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <871vxflbxb.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <200811131848.mADImPMQ011099@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <200811181636.mAIGa9Lx000571@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <87prks6693.fsf@jurta.org> <200811182215.mAIMF5jc002057@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <200811182318.mAINIJPw002526@mothra.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1227051731 1014 80.91.229.12 (18 Nov 2008 23:42:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:42:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juri Linkov , Tom Tromey , emacs-devel@gnu.org, "T.V. Raman" To: "Dan Nicolaescu" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 19 00:43:12 2008 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 1L2aDr-0006IJ-3M for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:43:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44081 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L2aCi-00075B-49 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:41:56 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L2aCc-00074u-Ft for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:41:50 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L2aCc-00074i-3q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:41:50 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35638 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L2aCc-00074f-1T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:41:50 -0500 Original-Received: from yx-out-1718.google.com ([74.125.44.158]:32511) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L2aCc-0001dz-0E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:41:50 -0500 Original-Received: by yx-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 34so1682971yxf.66 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:41:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=HB462Zzy8aZ5OIaDrnDWc1lXPVmFITGPkR/ymZjPhZc=; b=sFV5EmpF5zyvlx30wEZqh3rSzbymYRZpWOlLOW63vB7iy1tyVUTDz5ECvvc2GR7lTd jlr4zCrJ4qQnzlCodvJGT58NGkmUpdOMNTERtoy/h5O3qrZPnglbOKimSfdo48Rrq6gl zCzLAgIPXbLCkn0Kri3Dawxw1CvcQzxDBeziQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=cfyGs6az4EOhpSAhMq4fbQTOeVhOOHU3dYJnRpwZYvhFSpc2KRzw/eXnMafLeBfas/ g49sNVOJyZDEtzSm+8BI1zGIS1X5Fe1spptJXMhlzIFGb6zbr5b6tlBnF227yNQQ8OJU X71AGIBtdve1+AoNVNkhrLpd0M+0SnP3plAjI= Original-Received: by 10.100.122.8 with SMTP id u8mr267058anc.131.1227051708418; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:41:48 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.100.13.13 with HTTP; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:41:48 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <200811182318.mAINIJPw002526@mothra.ics.uci.edu> Content-Disposition: inline X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:105796 Archived-At: On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 00:18, Dan Nicolaescu 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