From: "Paul W. Rankin" <hello@paulwrankin.com>
To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob@tcd.ie>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Improving aesthetics & readability of backquote
Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 00:18:32 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2zhnhmcp3.fsf@paulwrankin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87a7fhjl0a.fsf@tcd.ie>
On Mon, May 20 2019, Basil L. Contovounesios wrote:
>> Are you suggesting that ,@b is easier to comprehend than
>> (splice b)? I think
>> that is a hard case to make. Try to put yourself in the mindset
>> of someone just
>> learning Emacs Lisp.
>
> I think this is a subjective matter, so the question is, as you
> say in
> your other message, whether aliases should be added for those
> that
> prefer the latter form; not which form each person finds most
> readable.
I've written a function that doubles a number x, but I'm thinking
about what to call it...
_||x& or (double x)
Jokes aside, yes I do think Emacs would benefit from an option for
people to use a clearer syntax for lisp form interpolation.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-05-20 14:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-05-20 3:03 Improving aesthetics & readability of backquote Paul W. Rankin
2019-05-20 3:38 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-05-22 15:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-05-20 8:52 ` Alan Mackenzie
2019-05-20 13:25 ` Paul W. Rankin
2019-05-20 14:02 ` Alan Mackenzie
2019-05-20 14:26 ` Paul W. Rankin
2019-05-20 16:08 ` Ken Olum
2019-05-20 23:19 ` Richard Stallman
2019-05-21 2:06 ` Paul W. Rankin
2019-05-21 2:22 ` Noam Postavsky
2019-05-21 2:39 ` Paul W. Rankin
2019-05-21 20:19 ` Richard Stallman
2019-05-22 2:46 ` Paul W. Rankin
2019-05-22 7:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-05-22 8:55 ` Paul W. Rankin
2019-05-22 15:57 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-05-22 16:13 ` 조성빈
2019-05-22 16:13 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-05-22 22:40 ` Richard Stallman
2019-05-20 8:59 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-05-20 13:35 ` Paul W. Rankin
2019-05-20 13:47 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2019-05-20 14:18 ` Paul W. Rankin [this message]
2019-05-20 14:48 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2019-05-20 15:25 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-05-20 23:21 ` Richard Stallman
2019-05-21 2:34 ` Paul W. Rankin
2019-05-22 16:14 ` Sam Steingold
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