From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stefan Monnier" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: scheme.el bug & fix Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 10:33:29 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200302181533.h1IFXTw11431@rum.cs.yale.edu> References: <3E26DA700109A72E@mel-rta8.wanadoo.fr> (added by postmaster@wanadoo.fr) <200302162353.h1GNrkG24335@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200302170105.TAA17107@eel.dms.auburn.edu> <200302171439.h1HEdH926957@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200302180030.SAA19726@eel.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1045582379 27106 80.91.224.249 (18 Feb 2003 15:32:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 15:32:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18l9jA-0006y8-00 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2003 16:32:12 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18l9y6-0007c1-00 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2003 16:47:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18l9kj-0003FQ-03 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 18 Feb 2003 10:33:49 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18l9kS-0003F2-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Feb 2003 10:33:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18l9kR-0003EV-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Feb 2003 10:33:31 -0500 Original-Received: from rum.cs.yale.edu ([128.36.229.169]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18l9kR-0003EO-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Feb 2003 10:33:31 -0500 Original-Received: (from monnier@localhost) by rum.cs.yale.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h1IFXTw11431; Tue, 18 Feb 2003 10:33:29 -0500 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.4 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 Original-To: Luc Teirlinck Original-cc: David.Ponce@wanadoo.fr Original-cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:11732 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:11732 > Yes, but the point is that, in its current form, with-syntax-table > uses a newly created (copied) syntax-table. It is very customary to > create a new syntax-table by first copying an old one and then making > a few changes. The current version of with-syntax-table (and its > documentation string) clearly seems to allow (in fact, nearly > encourage) such use. One could argue that this may have been a > mistake, but it is still the current behavior. Note that with-syntax-table was introduced in Emacs-21, so it's rarely used in external packages (most packages try to maintain compatibility with Emacs-20, and most package writers learn new macros rather slowly). Stefan