From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: whitfield.diffie@sun.com, storm@cua.dk,
michael.cadilhac@lrde.org, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Percent sign in message
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:05:22 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvlkoq9i1u.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <85hczedsjo.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (David Kastrup's message of "Mon\, 11 Sep 2006 23\:03\:55 +0200")
>>> Of course, we could also add a compiler warning whenever we see
>>> (message <exp>) and <exp> is not a constant string.
>>
>>> I think that would give too many false warnings, because it is not
>>> unusual to obtain the format string from some non-constant source.
>>
>> Could be. But the warning can be turned off by using (message "%s" <exp>).
> That would need to be
> (message "%s" (format <exp>))
Well, only if <exp> contains escaped % signs. It's generally not the case.
> It is not unusual to obtain a _format_ string from some non-constant
> source.
But it then comes with some arguments as well, doesn't it?
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-09-11 22:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-09-11 6:15 Percent sign in message Whitfield Diffie
2006-09-11 6:38 ` Michaël Cadilhac
2006-09-11 6:57 ` Whitfield Diffie
2006-09-11 7:18 ` David Kastrup
2006-09-11 8:26 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-09-11 14:07 ` Stefan Monnier
2006-09-11 19:57 ` Richard Stallman
2006-09-11 21:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2006-09-11 21:03 ` David Kastrup
2006-09-11 22:05 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2006-09-11 22:13 ` David Kastrup
2006-09-12 3:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2006-09-12 15:27 ` Richard Stallman
2006-09-12 15:37 ` David Kastrup
2006-09-19 19:39 ` Stuart D. Herring
2006-09-19 21:49 ` David Kastrup
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