From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 425c281 1/3: Allow t as a catch-all condition-case handler (Bug#24618) Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2018 11:31:14 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20180904230314.12505.44942@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org> <20180904230315.6EB44209DC@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1536161397 31236 195.159.176.226 (5 Sep 2018 15:29:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2018 15:29:57 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Emacs developers To: Noam Postavsky Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 05 17:29:53 2018 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 1fxZke-0007uc-JB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Sep 2018 17:29:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56784 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fxZmk-0006nk-W4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Sep 2018 11:32:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58553) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fxZm6-0006mj-G7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Sep 2018 11:31:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fxZm1-0001D4-Gp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Sep 2018 11:31:22 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:43446) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fxZm1-0001BK-BL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Sep 2018 11:31:17 -0400 Original-Received: from fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.7/8.14.1) with ESMTP id w85FVEKO003961; Wed, 5 Sep 2018 11:31:15 -0400 Original-Received: by fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (Postfix, from userid 20848) id AA3A6AE251; Wed, 5 Sep 2018 11:31:14 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Noam Postavsky's message of "Wed, 5 Sep 2018 10:38:11 -0400") X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 2 Rules triggered EDT_SA_DN_PASS=0, RV6367=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9418 : core <6367> : inlines <6855> : streams <1797578> : uri <2703653> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 132.204.246.22 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:229298 Archived-At: > Hmm, right. The rest of the docstring talks only about errors though. > Should we change the whole thing? While technically more accurate, > saying "Regain control when a signal is signaled" sounds a bit funny. I think the solution normally used is that "signal" is only used for the action, while the event-object is called "condition". I.e. "Regain control when a condition is signaled". Stefan