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: print-circle and describe-variable Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2007 20:15:19 -0400 Message-ID: References: <4616EBD0.8020104@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1176079441 24733 80.91.229.12 (9 Apr 2007 00:44:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 00:44:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 09 02:43:31 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 1Hahyg-0007KH-Um for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:43:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hai2Q-000665-7T for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Apr 2007 20:47:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hai1A-0005R0-Gm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Apr 2007 20:46:00 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hai18-0005Pe-Lb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Apr 2007 20:45:59 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hai18-0005Pa-Cx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Apr 2007 20:45:58 -0400 Original-Received: from tomts40.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.97] helo=tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HahxL-0006q1-JT; Sun, 08 Apr 2007 20:42:03 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([70.55.146.182]) by tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20070409004202.KZYK1624.tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net@pastel.home>; Sun, 8 Apr 2007 20:42:02 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id F272B7F71; Sun, 8 Apr 2007 20:15:19 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sat\, 07 Apr 2007 13\:31\:05 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.96 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Solaris 8 (1) 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:69208 Archived-At: > Sometime ago we had a discussion about printing variables with recursive > structures. As I remember it the conclusion was that we could not set > print-circle to t generally now. But is there something that prevents > describe-variable from let-bounding `print-circle' to t? I think this > would be convenient. > It sounds like a good idea to me. Does anyone know of a reason not to > do it? I can think of one: too late. Stefan