From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: `read--expression' and `read-minibuffer'
Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2016 17:05:45 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvmvjkg2vc.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.devel@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 10888855-8ce3-648f-82ac-2b9e1409effc@lanl.gov
>>> Because it is tailored for that use case. The kind of completion
>>> it provides for instance assumes the S-exp is an Elisp expression.
>> Of course it is an Elisp expression. It does not follow that
>> the Elisp expression that has been read will then be _evaluated_.
> In this thread, Stefan is defining an "Elisp expression" to be precisely an
> S-exp that is intended for `eval'.
Not necessarily directly for `eval', but yes an Elisp expression as
opposed to random S-exp data. E.g. when reading an alist, you shouldn't
use read--expression (whereas, when reading an expression that will
evaluate to an alist, read--expression is probably the right thing to
use).
> So a variant of `read--expression' could be written that does a subset
> of that completion appropriate to the more general context of entering
> an S-exp.
For any random S-exp data, we already have `read-minibuffer', so I don't
see any point in changing read--expression to cover that case.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-09-06 21:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-03 18:20 `read--expression' and `read-minibuffer' Drew Adams
2016-09-04 4:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-04 5:53 ` Drew Adams
2016-09-04 6:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-04 15:39 ` Drew Adams
2016-09-05 2:36 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-06 19:02 ` Davis Herring
2016-09-06 20:29 ` Drew Adams
2016-09-07 0:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-07 3:01 ` Drew Adams
2016-09-07 3:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-07 5:54 ` Drew Adams
2016-09-07 12:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-09 21:41 ` Drew Adams
2016-09-07 13:25 ` Herring, Davis
2016-09-07 16:02 ` Drew Adams
2016-09-07 17:01 ` Davis Herring
2016-09-07 21:01 ` Drew Adams
2016-09-07 22:17 ` Michael Heerdegen
2016-09-07 22:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-07 22:50 ` Michael Heerdegen
2016-09-08 0:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-06 21:05 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2016-09-06 21:35 ` Drew Adams
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