From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: "system-process-attributes" function name
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:21:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ufxl4o9iy.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <buooczs38x5.fsf@dhapc248.dev.necel.com>
> From: Miles Bader <miles.bader@necel.com>
> Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:40:06 +0900
>
> I just noticed this new function (from a msg by Thierry Volpiatto), and
> wonder -- why the funny prefix "system-"?
Because unfortunately the "process-" prefix is used by many Emacs
primitives that only handle Emacs subprocesses, not just any arbitrary
process running on the machine.
I agree that it is slightly awkward, but I thought confusing that with
Emacs subprocess support was a greater evil, and at least Roland
Winker, the author of proced.el, which is the primary user of these
new primitives, suggested the same names.
> [I haven't looked at the other "system-process" functions, but
> a similar comment might apply to them.]
There's only one more: list-system-processes.
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2008-12-04 3:40 "system-process-attributes" function name Miles Bader
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