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From: Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [External] : A peek to the other side
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 14:38:53 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvmtiig0as.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 83czjeu4i1.fsf@gnu.org

> is way down the priority list, that's all.  So we keep the
> documentation of those to the absolute minimum: by using the "--"
> indication, and we expect Emacs programmers to trust us on that.

Actually, the explanation for "--" is often available in its full glory
by email anyway ;-)

> Anything else would simply be a case of bad judgment and misuse of the
> time we have to contribute.

And also of the time of people who read the code.


        Stefan




  reply	other threads:[~2022-02-22 19:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-02-22  7:11 A peek to the other side emacsq via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-22 16:11 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-02-22 16:46   ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-22 18:25     ` Drew Adams
2022-02-22 18:43       ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-02-22 19:38         ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [this message]
2022-02-26  3:45       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-23 12:24   ` Arthur Miller
2022-02-23 13:50     ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-26  3:36   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-02-22 18:21 ` Samuel Banya
2022-02-22 19:17   ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-02-22 21:31     ` Samuel Banya
2022-02-23 12:05 ` Arthur Miller

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