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: Interactive hat. Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:48:11 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20090323223703.GA5650@muc.de> <20090324135210.GA4657@muc.de> <20090325101650.GA1487@muc.de> <20090325105316.GB1487@muc.de> <87ocvplkb5.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <20090326115154.GB3358@muc.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1238075343 7494 80.91.229.12 (26 Mar 2009 13:49:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:49:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Miles Bader To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 26 14:50:20 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 1Lmpxt-0001jK-ME for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:49:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60420 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LmpwW-0007u0-9c for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:48:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LmpwR-0007tr-L4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:48:19 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LmpwN-0007tE-Sf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:48:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=53412 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LmpwN-0007tB-MR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:48:15 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]:39671 helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LmpwL-0007M4-MO; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:48:13 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ArgEAKsky0lFxIfy/2dsb2JhbACBUNIUg3YGhHA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.38,426,1233550800"; d="scan'208";a="35697248" Original-Received: from 69-196-135-242.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.196.135.242]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 26 Mar 2009 09:48:12 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 09EE37F74; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:48:12 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20090326115154.GB3358@muc.de> (Alan Mackenzie's message of "Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:51:54 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.91 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:109853 Archived-At: > If it's possible to code everything we need with a symbol property, I > think the interactive hat mechanism should be removed. You got things backwards here: the "^" describes the behavior of the command, so it should be part of the command, not its name. The ability to use a symbol property for that is a hack that can come in handy at times, but it's still just a hack. Stefan