From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: update-subdirs and lisp/term Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:07:34 -0400 Message-ID: References: <831vlut4sy.fsf@gnu.org> <83ws3mrm6f.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1253974085 7126 80.91.229.12 (26 Sep 2009 14:08:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:08:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Andreas Schwab , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 26 16:07:57 2009 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 1MrXwJ-00012e-Ge for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:07:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57371 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MrXwJ-0001Ak-2E for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:07:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MrXwD-0001AU-9o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:07:49 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MrXw8-00019y-RJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:07:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57734 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MrXw8-00019u-I8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:07:44 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:6474 helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MrXw6-00039c-II; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:07:42 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Au4EAJa9vUpFpYq6/2dsb2JhbACBUNNshB4Fh30 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,456,1249272000"; d="scan'208";a="46644005" Original-Received: from 69-165-138-186.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([69.165.138.186]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 26 Sep 2009 10:07:35 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 107EEB4092; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:07:35 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <83ws3mrm6f.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:16:08 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:115660 Archived-At: >> > Does anyone know why we skip lisp/term in update-subdirs? >> Because files in lisp/term are always loaded with the term/ prefix. > Thanks. But why is that a good idea? It reduces the length of load-path and increases our namespace? > A remnant from past, perhaps, > when lisp/term held only terminal-specific files? Let me put it another way: why would it be a good idea to put lisp/term in update-subdirs? Stefan