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: Emacs rewrite in a maintainable language Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 09:05:12 -0700 Organization: New Artisans LLC Message-ID: References: <561A19AB.5060001@cumego.com> <87io6dl0h0.fsf@wanadoo.es> <87lhb82qxc.fsf@gmail.com> <878u78b3hg.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87h9lwyv33.fsf@gmail.com> <561C368F.6010306@cs.ucla.edu> <87oag3xb2i.fsf@gmail.com> <561D241E.1010902@cs.ucla.edu> <87vbaaagr5.fsf@gmail.com> <86io6amqhd.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1444839114 23252 80.91.229.3 (14 Oct 2015 16:11:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 16:11:54 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 14 18:11:50 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 1ZmOeb-0001P0-LH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Oct 2015 18:11:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43306 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZmOea-0006sb-76 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Oct 2015 12:11:48 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52222) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZmOcq-00062K-0D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Oct 2015 12:10:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZmOcm-0007zZ-NS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Oct 2015 12:09:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pa0-x233.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c03::233]:36450) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZmOcm-0007zN-I2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Oct 2015 12:09:56 -0400 Original-Received: by pabur7 with SMTP id ur7so9302136pab.3 for ; Wed, 14 Oct 2015 09:09:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:date:organization:message-id :references:user-agent:mail-followup-to:mime-version:content-type; bh=0HZvT4GNSy3Sf7As/ffxlib8+iERoNBRCmEEtrdUnW0=; b=VTAoKy80YBJ7BxhoeYu8B8cjNfPL152rPyeyjYGgjVM3/onC3CZYxNLni1s3ZCsQDi agNx5pPvXc2iFmRbds8J9MN11u1jQpGlDua+XtSdu9/DuSG7VeRbV1XpHJcd/WKO8bnu UWVlTZGgoo9xDVtnoGWED0U18VntF5twapZeelycyb0yezpZF1GlToyGodzMEosZ7ah4 fg3T4Wy47KJXIa5I2Co0OgZ2DWi1ClaT1n1v+NGWId1i8nmAWxylGOtHKvtwQ6KP+5Hj zSptfQK6DnComysg39/uEnsF0NeBKUvfRc6lEsF/m0sTigS2j89VEYK5VnR04rHpQ8ea VB5g== X-Received: by 10.66.119.201 with SMTP id kw9mr4589725pab.64.1444838995750; Wed, 14 Oct 2015 09:09:55 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from Vulcan.local (76-234-68-79.lightspeed.frokca.sbcglobal.net. [76.234.68.79]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id yp9sm10545847pab.1.2015.10.14.09.09.55 for (version=TLS1 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 14 Oct 2015 09:09:55 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by Vulcan.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id 6C3F7F2F145F; Wed, 14 Oct 2015 09:09:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <86io6amqhd.fsf@gmail.com> (Andy Moreton's message of "Tue, 13 Oct 2015 22:02:38 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (darwin) Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c03::233 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:191577 Archived-At: >>>>> Andy Moreton writes: >> I don't. I have no problem spending time to replace "char const *" into >> "const char *". Browsing through a code base that I want to get familiar >> with and fixing a small annoyance doesn't sound bad to me. > Pointless churn. Find something that fixes an bug, or adds a useful new > feature, and work on that. You will find it more rewarding, and other users > and developers will find your contribution more helpful. I've asked that we move this to another thread or stop the discussion, as it detracts from the main topic. Since people have ignored that request, in future I will create new threads to continue discussion on the topic of interest. It's either that, or we move to a semi-moderated list, if participants are unwilling to stay on topic or honor requests to do so. John