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: bindat docs on length of str, strz, etc types Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:46:46 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87r6ulq8qs.fsf@zip.com.au> <87irfwrjtq.fsf@zip.com.au> <87ejqiz5mp.fsf@zip.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1167441123 15845 80.91.229.12 (30 Dec 2006 01:12:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:12:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 30 02:12:01 2006 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 1H0SlQ-00042W-Go for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:11:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H0SlP-0003C7-TK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:11:55 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H0Skz-00030o-W2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:11:30 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H0Sky-0002zX-Ee for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:11:29 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H0Sky-0002zK-8m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:11:28 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.237] (helo=pfepc.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1H0SN5-00058O-Cz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:46:48 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (0x503e2644.bynxx19.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk [80.62.38.68]) by pfepc.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 2E10F8A001B; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:46:39 +0100 (CET) Original-To: Kevin Ryde In-Reply-To: <87ejqiz5mp.fsf@zip.com.au> (Kevin Ryde's message of "Sat\, 30 Dec 2006 09\:42\:06 +1100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.92 (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:64471 Archived-At: Kevin Ryde writes: > In this case, the length can be given either by that field's > name as specified for `bindat-get-field' > > Should it say you write "(fieldname)" instead of a bare name. It should say it is a list, as you can use more than a single (fieldname) element - just like in as the name arg to bindat-get-field, e.g. (fn1 fn2). > Perhaps > if the "([NAME] HANDLER)" bit was at the start of the section you > could refer back to that instead of forward to bindat-get-field too. Well, it is more complex than a simple name. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk