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From: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: About definition finding
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:41:13 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5137C609.8010305@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BDCFC285AD764D97A694DFF426BAA77B@us.oracle.com>

On 03/07/2013 06:31 AM, Drew Adams wrote:
>>> Note that this doc section's guideline conflicts a bit with
>>> that of adding a package/library prefix to such macros.  E.g.,
>>> `icicle-define-command' vs `define-icicle-command'.  I put
>>> the library prefix first, but others might do otherwise.
>>
>> Does alias make sense?  E.g., `package-list-packages' is an alias of
>> `list-packages'.

> First, note also that `list-packages' is a command, not a macro.  The aliasing
> in that case is presumably for user convenience interactively.

Sorry, I forgot it.

[...]

> In principle, the guidelines are there to help you and those who use your code.
> But remember that they are just guidelines, not rules to be followed blindly
> without using your judgment.  Do what makes the most sense to you, after reading
> the guidelines.

That's true, especially for those in (info "(elisp) C Integer Types").

-- 
Best regards, Xue Fuqiao.
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/XueFuqiao



  reply	other threads:[~2013-03-06 22:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-03-06 13:28 About definition finding Xue Fuqiao
2013-03-06 16:11 ` Drew Adams
2013-03-06 22:18   ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-03-06 22:31     ` Drew Adams
2013-03-06 22:41       ` Xue Fuqiao [this message]
     [not found] <mailman.21544.1362576522.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-03-06 18:05 ` Michael Heerdegen

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