From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: set-text-properties, remove-set-properties, add-text-properties: 1) doc string 2) return value Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 12:10:56 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87oe307fuq.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1135859202 7821 80.91.229.2 (29 Dec 2005 12:26:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 12:26:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Drew Adams , Emacs-Devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 29 13:26:40 2005 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Erwrb-0007ht-AJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Dec 2005 13:26:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Erwsw-0000CF-ND for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Dec 2005 07:27:58 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ErwC1-0006Ah-Fd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Dec 2005 06:43:37 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ervwh-0003QE-7T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Dec 2005 06:28:59 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ErvjF-0002XU-Kj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Dec 2005 06:13:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.237] (helo=pfepc.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Ervja-0000kg-Cz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Dec 2005 06:14:14 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (0x503e2644.bynxx3.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk [80.62.38.68]) by pfepc.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 4819D262860; Thu, 29 Dec 2005 12:12:25 +0100 (CET) Original-To: Stefan Monnier In-Reply-To: <87oe307fuq.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed, 28 Dec 2005 22:18:07 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:48483 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> 2. Wouldn't it be more useful for set-text-properties, >> remove-set-properties, and add-text-properties to return the modified >> OBJECT (or nil if no modification occurred)? In case OBJECT is a buffer >> (or nil), the modified buffer substring could be returned. > > Why would that be useful? Even if it was useful in some cases, it would be extremely wasteful in general. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk