* iterating over (nonascii) chars
@ 2013-10-11 14:07 Rustom Mody
2013-10-14 20:48 ` Michael Heerdegen
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From: Rustom Mody @ 2013-10-11 14:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
In perl-mode.el I find things like
(modify-syntax-entry ?* "." st)
(modify-syntax-entry ?+ "." st)
(modify-syntax-entry ?- "." st)
(modify-syntax-entry ?/ "." st)
(modify-syntax-entry ?< "." st)
(modify-syntax-entry ?= "." st)
(modify-syntax-entry ?> "." st)
Any reason why its not written as follows?
(dolist (v (string-to-list "*+-/<=>"))
(modify-syntax-entry v "." st))
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* Re: iterating over (nonascii) chars
2013-10-11 14:07 iterating over (nonascii) chars Rustom Mody
@ 2013-10-14 20:48 ` Michael Heerdegen
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From: Michael Heerdegen @ 2013-10-14 20:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> writes:
> In perl-mode.el I find things like
>
>
> (modify-syntax-entry ?* "." st)
> (modify-syntax-entry ?+ "." st)
> (modify-syntax-entry ?- "." st)
> (modify-syntax-entry ?/ "." st)
> (modify-syntax-entry ?< "." st)
> (modify-syntax-entry ?= "." st)
> (modify-syntax-entry ?> "." st)
>
>
> Any reason why its not written as follows?
>
> (dolist (v (string-to-list "*+-/<=>"))
> (modify-syntax-entry v "." st))
Probably, no. Many people prefer the first version wrt readability.
While galloping through the code the first version is easier to parse
for your eyes, while the second version is shorter, of course. Use
whatever suits your style of thinking and coding.
Regards,
Michael.
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* Re: iterating over (nonascii) chars
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@ 2013-10-15 3:29 ` Rustom Mody
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From: Rustom Mody @ 2013-10-15 3:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 2:18:55 AM UTC+5:30, Michael Heerdegen wrote:
> Rustom Mody writes:
>
>
> > In perl-mode.el I find things like
> >
> > (modify-syntax-entry ?* "." st)
> > (modify-syntax-entry ?+ "." st)
> > (modify-syntax-entry ?- "." st)
> > (modify-syntax-entry ?/ "." st)
> > (modify-syntax-entry ?< "." st)
> > (modify-syntax-entry ?= "." st)
> > (modify-syntax-entry ?> "." st)
> >
> > Any reason why its not written as follows?
> >
> > (dolist (v (string-to-list "*+-/<=>"))
> > (modify-syntax-entry v "." st))
>
> Probably, no. Many people prefer the first version wrt readability.
> While galloping through the code the first version is easier to parse
> for your eyes, while the second version is shorter, of course. Use
> whatever suits your style of thinking and coding.
Hell I thought there is some superman kryptonite answer involving text-properties/unicode/uni-vs-multibyte or some such arcanity that I cant wrap my brain round :-)
I am still not so sure...
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