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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 134ba45: Allow two mouse functions to work with Rectangle Mark mode
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2019 12:40:54 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvd0p8id1b.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.devel@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CAA8GjP=h1Z8GZ8HoUWXmADfn0wM9aKZAgqRPdEsBMn2EMf8WfQ@mail.gmail.com

> If we implemented the `reactivate-mark-function` variable instead (and
> the function `reactivate-mark`), would it be OK to have code like this?
>
> (pcase reactivate-mark-function
>   ('normal-reactivate-mark-function ...)
>   ('rectangle-reactivate-mark-function ...))

It would be evidence that the design isn't very good: a function should
be treated as a black box with which the only thing you can do is to
call it.

You generally shouldn't look at it (e.g. with an equality test) or care
about its name.


        Stefan




  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-01-07 17:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20181017063829.3775.67018@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org>
     [not found] ` <20181017063831.03DCB2044D@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org>
2018-10-17 15:47   ` [Emacs-diffs] master 134ba45: Allow two mouse functions to work with Rectangle Mark mode Stefan Monnier
2018-10-17 16:17     ` Drew Adams
2018-10-19 15:24       ` Stefan Monnier
2018-10-20  3:21         ` Federico Tedin
2018-10-20  3:48           ` Stefan Monnier
2018-10-20 20:21             ` Federico Tedin
2018-10-20 20:56               ` Federico Tedin
2018-10-20 21:21               ` Stefan Monnier
2018-10-21  8:22                 ` martin rudalics
2018-10-22 13:04                   ` Federico Tedin
2018-10-25 23:24                     ` Federico Tedin
2018-10-26 17:25                       ` Stefan Monnier
2018-10-26 22:07                         ` Federico Tedin
2018-10-28  0:30                           ` Stefan Monnier
2018-10-29 23:40                             ` Federico Tedin
2018-10-30 12:52                               ` Stefan Monnier
2019-01-07 17:40                               ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2019-01-26 21:58                                 ` Federico Tedin
2019-01-28  9:12                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2019-01-29  4:02                                     ` Federico Tedin
2019-01-29  9:28                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2019-01-30  3:39                                         ` Federico Tedin

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