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From: Kelly Dean <kelly@prtime.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: "Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@xemacs.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: The purpose of makunbound
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 00:32:51 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <yQHY1lfrXR3UIFobzYnBNMYsEM0Ni5eLxGOaA3MgE25@local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877fvbg6my.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>

Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
>Richard Stallman writes:
>
>>> Ok, great! Since the term ‟void” is fine, let's use ⌜Qvoid⌝ for
>>> the corresponding constant in the source code.
>>
>> I won't argue against it.
>
> I will.
[snip]
> @Stefan: Please refuse to make this change.

@Stefan:
Stephen objects to the change of Qunbound to Qvoid. Richard does not object.

The change would make the source code more consistent with the manual, which almost always uses the term ‟void” for the Qunbound state. Even the docstrings for makunbound and boundp use ‟void”, not ‟unbound”.

Section 11.4 ((elisp) Void Variables) even has four occurrences of ‟void” as a verb meaning «to make the state void», and uses ‟voidness” to mean «the state of being void».

The change would also make the source code more consistent with itself, since it already has Qvoid_variable, not Qunbound_variable, as the corresponding error code.

Stefan, may I make the change?



  reply	other threads:[~2015-02-22  0:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 110+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-20  2:54 Proposal to change cursor appearance to indicate region activation Kelly Dean
2013-04-20  7:23 ` Drew Adams
2015-01-22  5:38   ` [PATCH] " Kelly Dean
2015-01-22 14:25     ` Stefan Monnier
2015-01-23  3:08       ` [PATCH] " Kelly Dean
2015-01-23  4:55         ` Stefan Monnier
2015-01-23 11:07           ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-23 17:49             ` Drew Adams
2015-01-24  3:06               ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-24  4:52                 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-01-24  9:22                   ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-25 14:29                     ` Stefan Monnier
2015-01-28  9:15                       ` [PATCH] Run hook when variable is set Kelly Dean
2015-01-28  9:23                         ` [PATCH] Proposal to change cursor appearance to indicate region activation Kelly Dean
2015-01-28 11:24                           ` David Kastrup
2015-01-28 12:13                             ` David Kastrup
2015-01-29 10:46                             ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-29 11:16                               ` David Kastrup
2015-01-30  7:20                                 ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-30  9:19                                   ` David Kastrup
2015-01-30 10:05                                     ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-30 10:12                                       ` David Kastrup
2015-01-30  9:43                                   ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-28 19:25                         ` [PATCH] Run hook when variable is set Stefan Monnier
2015-01-29  8:20                           ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-29  8:28                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2015-01-29 14:58                             ` Stefan Monnier
2015-01-30  7:34                               ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-30 15:55                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-01-31  9:18                                   ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-31 20:48                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-02  5:40                                       ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-02 15:57                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-03 19:56                                           ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-03 22:49                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-05  3:10                                               ` [PATCH] (Updated) " Kelly Dean
2015-02-05 13:57                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-06  5:34                                                   ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-06 14:42                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-07 12:27                                                       ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-07 15:09                                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-09  3:24                                                           ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-12 19:58                                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-13 23:08                                                               ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-14  0:55                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-14 22:19                                                                   ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-15 20:25                                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-17  2:22                                                                       ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-17 23:07                                                                         ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-18  3:19                                                                           ` The purpose of makunbound (Was: Run hook when variable is set) Kelly Dean
2015-02-18  5:48                                                                             ` The purpose of makunbound Stefan Monnier
2015-02-18  8:51                                                                               ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-18 14:34                                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-18 18:53                                                                                   ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-18 22:42                                                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-19 10:36                                                                                       ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-22  0:18                                                                                   ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-19 10:45                                                                           ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-19 13:33                                                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-19 23:51                                                                               ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-20  1:59                                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-20  9:35                                                                                   ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-20 16:55                                                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-20  2:58                                                                                 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-02-20  0:56                                                                             ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-20  9:02                                                                               ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-20 15:41                                                                                 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-21  5:45                                                                                   ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-02-22  0:32                                                                                     ` Kelly Dean [this message]
2015-02-22  8:45                                                                                       ` Andreas Schwab
2015-02-18  5:15                                                                         ` [PATCH] (Updated) Run hook when variable is set Kelly Dean
2015-02-18 22:37                                                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-18 22:37                                                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-19 10:35                                                                           ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-19 13:30                                                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-20  6:48                                                                               ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-20 19:29                                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-21 14:18                                                                                   ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-21 20:51                                                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-22  0:32                                                                                       ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-22 10:40                                                                                         ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-02-22 21:35                                                                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-23  3:09                                                                                           ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-23  4:19                                                                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-20 20:27                                                                               ` Proposal for debugging/testing option Kelly Dean
2015-02-24 16:28                                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-14 20:37                                                               ` [PATCH] (Updated) Run hook when variable is set Johan Bockgård
2015-02-15 19:36                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-15 19:53                                                                   ` Patches: inline vs. attachment, compressed vs. uncompressed. [was: Run hook when variable is set] Alan Mackenzie
2015-02-06  9:55                                                   ` [PATCH] (Updated) Run hook when variable is set Kelly Dean
2015-01-30 23:29                                 ` [PATCH] " Richard Stallman
2015-01-31  9:23                                   ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-31 23:16                                     ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-02  5:41                                       ` Kelly Dean
2015-02-01  2:04                               ` Alexis
2015-02-01  4:05                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-01  8:58                                   ` David Kastrup
2015-01-29 16:06                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-01-30  7:14                               ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-30  9:08                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-01-23 20:34             ` [PATCH] Proposal to change cursor appearance to indicate region activation Stefan Monnier
2015-01-24  0:25               ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-23 10:01         ` Tassilo Horn
2015-01-23 17:49           ` Drew Adams
2015-01-23 10:06         ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-01-23 11:40           ` Kelly Dean
2015-01-23 11:56             ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-01-22  5:41   ` Kelly Dean
2013-11-23 13:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-23 20:25   ` Drew Adams

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