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] emacs-26 4ab4551: Firm up documentation of generalized variables Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 15:56:51 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20180321175854.17105.90124@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org> <20180321175856.0D4C42041C@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1521662135 690 195.159.176.226 (21 Mar 2018 19:55:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 19:55:35 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 21 20:55:31 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 1eyjpa-0008S2-Jc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 21 Mar 2018 20:55:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57041 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eyjrb-0003Oy-Ua for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 21 Mar 2018 15:57:35 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38054) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eyjr1-0003Og-Gy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Mar 2018 15:57:00 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eyjqy-0000ZK-GB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Mar 2018 15:56:59 -0400 Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.20]:43538) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eyjqy-0000XU-Ab for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Mar 2018 15:56:56 -0400 Original-Received: from lechazo.home (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.7/8.14.1) with ESMTP id w2LJupDq001713; Wed, 21 Mar 2018 15:56:51 -0400 Original-Received: by lechazo.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 3BCC061330; Wed, 21 Mar 2018 15:56:51 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20180321175856.0D4C42041C@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org> (Alan Mackenzie's message of "Wed, 21 Mar 2018 13:58:55 -0400 (EDT)") 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, RV6247=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9418 : core <6247> : inlines <6511> : streams <1781867> : uri <2612378> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 132.204.246.20 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:223901 Archived-At: > * doc/lispref/variables.texi (Generalized Variables) > (Setting Generalized Variables): Define a generalized variable as something > setf can write to. Remove the insinuation that hackers have poor memories. > State explicitly that the list of GVs given is complete. Remove the > suggestion that `setf' has superseded, or is in the process of superseding, Thanks, it's indeed more clear now. But note that the list is not "complete". Stefan