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: Could bgex patch or similar be added? Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:00:13 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1245934987 12857 80.91.229.12 (25 Jun 2009 13:03:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:03:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Ivan Andrus , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 25 15:03:00 2009 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 1MJobN-0004Kc-H5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:02:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47795 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MJobN-0003f0-1v for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:02:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MJoYx-0003Es-GJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:00:23 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MJoYs-0003Do-LT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:00:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=38478 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MJoYs-0003Dh-DV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:00:18 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp-03.vtx.ch ([212.147.0.64]:32978) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MJoYp-0000VF-8t; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:00:16 -0400 Original-Received: from alfajor.home (dyn.83-228-163-178.dsl.vtx.ch [83.228.163.178]) by smtp-03.vtx.ch (VTX Services SA) with ESMTP id 616C1296C6C; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:00:13 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by alfajor.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 3D9BC64341; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:00:13 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Miles Bader's message of "Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:26:15 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.94 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:111718 Archived-At: > The debate over whether it should be merged into emacs centered largely > over whether it was a useful feature, i.e., whether its benefits > justified adding more complexity to the Emacs display engine. That > debate (a few years ago) petered out without any obvious resolution. I don't think it's tremendously useful, but I'm sure there can be interesting use cases, so unless its implementation has significant drawbacks even when not used (e.g. significant code reorganization, more complexity, runtime costs, ...), I see no reason not to integrate it. Stefan