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: constant `e' Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:34:23 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1171035316 11418 80.91.229.12 (9 Feb 2007 15:35:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 15:35:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs-Devel To: "Juanma Barranquero" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 09 16:35:06 2007 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 1HFXm9-00007p-SM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2007 16:35:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HFXm9-0002DI-Bx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:35:01 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HFXld-00025i-0n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:34:29 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HFXlZ-00024G-G7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:34:28 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HFXlZ-00024B-Ad for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:34:25 -0500 Original-Received: from tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.34]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HFXlY-0002GJ-Sy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:34:25 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([70.55.81.74]) by tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20070209153424.DBKL1773.tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net@pastel.home> for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 10:34:24 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id F34E67F3F; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 10:34:23 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Fri\, 9 Feb 2007 16\:19\:09 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.93 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Solaris 8 (1) 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:66173 Archived-At: >> but the reason why I propagated this to the repository is that even tho >> the current implementation of `defconst' does not currently make >> variables immutable, it is its intention. > Curious; I was under the idea that having immutable variables in elisp > was considered unnecessary. It's of course not necessary. Whether it would be good or not is also debatable. But the intention of "defconst" is obviously to define a constant (hence the name), whether or not that it enforced by the implementation. >> In any case I completely agree that `e' should be renamed, maybe to >> something like `math-e'. > Yes. I like this one better than exp1. Of course `pi' would want to be renamed similarly. Stefan