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: using empty_string as the only "" string Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:16:42 -0400 Message-ID: References: <462EE947.000007.15251@camay.yandex.ru> <46330BC7.8040102@yandex.ru> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1181330217 27875 80.91.229.12 (8 Jun 2007 19:16:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 19:16:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: dmantipov@yandex.ru, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Juanma Barranquero" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 08 21:16:55 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 1Hwjx9-0003Ah-2Q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:16:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hwjx8-0002ab-Et for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:16:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hwjx4-0002XI-65 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:16:50 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hwjx3-0002WD-L8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:16:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hwjx3-0002W2-EQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:16:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mercure.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.24.67]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hwjx2-0008Pw-Bw; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:16:48 -0400 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AC122CF286; Fri, 8 Jun 2007 15:16:47 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (faina.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.26.177]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58A7C3FE0; Fri, 8 Jun 2007 15:16:42 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 4AD8C4C6D25; Fri, 8 Jun 2007 15:16:42 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Fri\, 8 Jun 2007 17\:49\:12 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-2.82, requis 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -2.82) X-DIRO-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:72508 Archived-At: > BTW, I see no consistency in the way empty_string was used before: at > times empty_string was used, others make_string ("", 0) or > build_string ("") were preferred. It's a "recent" addition and there was no effort to go back and change pre-existing code to make use of it, so it's no surprise that it's inconsistent. Stefan