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: Predicate for true lists Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2018 09:44:53 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87fu3vdjjk.fsf@tcd.ie> <87bmcqhhsf.fsf@tcd.ie> <87in6xgtpb.fsf@tcd.ie> <2af892df-26cb-60b2-4fd8-067fcb3d32e9@cs.ucla.edu> <52BDD58F-D8ED-4184-9C21-798548A51A51@scratch.space> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1528292724 18659 195.159.176.226 (6 Jun 2018 13:45:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2018 13:45:24 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 06 15:45:19 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 1fQYkY-0004jU-5w for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2018 15:45:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52549 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fQYmf-0003JO-5x for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2018 09:47:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37554) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fQYmY-0003IW-4x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2018 09:47:22 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fQYmU-0002JT-9b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2018 09:47:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=35028 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fQYmU-0002J3-0e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2018 09:47:18 -0400 Original-Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fQYkL-0004Ts-48 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2018 15:45:05 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 17 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:FatMna4QSqLHsrk6o+V4sVO54Yo= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 195.159.176.226 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:226062 Archived-At: >>> OK, but my question still stands: do we use the term "proper" only to >>> name this function, but keep existing references to "true" lists in the >>> manual? Or do we systematically switch from "true" to "proper" >> I suggest the latter. I've often heard them called "proper lists", and the >> phrase "true list" is less common in my experience. > How about "fit"? short for fitness function. You mean, invent our own names, to be sure everyone is equally confused? A bit like our use of "frames" for "windows", but without the justification of the historical accident? Sounds like a great plan. Then I suggest we name this function `terminated-enumeration-p` Stefan "not"