From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Wiegley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: The poor state of documentation of pcase like things. Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 08:55:57 -0800 Message-ID: References: <20151216202605.GA3752@acm.fritz.box> <87io3m60bq.fsf@web.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1451062917 7053 80.91.229.3 (25 Dec 2015 17:01:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 17:01:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Michael Heerdegen Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 25 18:01:51 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aCVkT-0005TA-CB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 25 Dec 2015 18:01:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35924 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aCVkS-0004LM-Ng for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 25 Dec 2015 12:01:48 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58633) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aCVjW-0002gX-3J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Dec 2015 12:00:50 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aCVjS-0003L3-TK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Dec 2015 12:00:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pf0-x22d.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c00::22d]:34790) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aCVjS-0003Kn-NI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Dec 2015 12:00:46 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-pf0-x22d.google.com with SMTP id e65so29655951pfe.1 for ; Fri, 25 Dec 2015 09:00:46 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:date:message-id:references :user-agent:mail-followup-to:mime-version:content-type; bh=8BTxe3tAJIPvj53hooD+bVWIA//YF/SoZYiQV9IVigw=; b=sTb5150C84DZ/RtGC2nQfy6q0DXUVuLpC9izQ/WIk8LjGxY2/hILEpsI2ecqbQMCEJ q9JxZEY+cbp2E1vbdNvcSWzaYgH5+uXGynWTKa/XshijMWDKeSyGAnqAzseIAIFY4ueP C2K3f7MkKPobHuBIyciGeof4hVjVQYqy4s8RzOkE2QqQEb/Rkkxqe00EsI0KQkSHump4 1u3i3hDUrChA4EQX3Fwn4vXfrBPNezaiGFVkrxaVDKbQzlO5JxqMjOI7IPnkPzv7Cjej un6W6JvniLunOT4+wzwIcUHYNGk91AZMTqXzJL0L8pXHJtKn7gWdTmeBHVhMeyVB0wDO Kbsw== X-Received: by 10.98.10.17 with SMTP id s17mr51732522pfi.61.1451062845960; Fri, 25 Dec 2015 09:00:45 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from Vulcan.local (76-234-68-79.lightspeed.frokca.sbcglobal.net. [76.234.68.79]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id sm8sm65406180pac.43.2015.12.25.09.00.44 (version=TLS1 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 25 Dec 2015 09:00:44 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Original-From: "John Wiegley" Original-Received: by Vulcan.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id 2A78B11B07005; Fri, 25 Dec 2015 09:00:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87io3m60bq.fsf@web.de> (Michael Heerdegen's message of "Fri, 25 Dec 2015 15:59:37 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130014 (Ma Gnus v0.14) Emacs/24.5 (darwin) Mail-Followup-To: Michael Heerdegen , emacs-devel@gnu.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c00::22d X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:196836 Archived-At: >>>>> Michael Heerdegen writes: > OTOH after you have written ",_" for yourself a three times or so, you'll > just have gotten used to it. I agree with Michael; special casing _ might be prettier, but it's actually more complicated, not less, and in a really subtle way. -- John Wiegley GPG fingerprint = 4710 CF98 AF9B 327B B80F http://newartisans.com 60E1 46C4 BD1A 7AC1 4BA2