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From: Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnu.org>
To: emacs help <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Emacs Lisp: Indentation of higher order functions?
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 17:57:25 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8761gwg522.fsf@zigzag.favinet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANtbJLE5+qYYUFPqUYGxoeBLNuGDKBE5UdxBtFPuPxzQMmew-Q@mail.gmail.com> (Klaus-Dieter Bauer's message of "Tue, 9 Sep 2014 14:22:55 +0200")

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() Klaus-Dieter Bauer <bauer.klaus.dieter@gmail.com>
() Tue, 9 Sep 2014 14:22:55 +0200

   [...] chaining higher order functions often becomes highly
   verbose in terms of whitespace, using either unnecessarily
   much space vertically or horizontally, subjectively making
   the code harder to read.

   [...]
   
   What is the proper way to deal with such situations in emacs
   lisp?

If it is a truly subjective matter, you can change the subject.
Personally, sometimes i read source code, type ‘M-x zone RET’,
wait a bit, and then reassert control, to see what exactly has
changed (in my memory / understanding / appreciation).  I don't
think this is "the proper way", but neither is it così improper.

-- 
Thien-Thi Nguyen
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      reply	other threads:[~2014-09-09 15:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-09-09 12:22 Emacs Lisp: Indentation of higher order functions? Klaus-Dieter Bauer
2014-09-09 15:57 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen [this message]

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