From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kenichi Handa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: request for a new function, say, `sequence' Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 09:15:05 +0900 (JST) Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200303250015.JAA06592@etlken.m17n.org> References: <200303230302.MAA04327@etlken.m17n.org> <200303241541.h2OFfbpa011227@rum.cs.yale.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.3 - "Ushinoya") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1048551481 4412 80.91.224.249 (25 Mar 2003 00:18:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 00:18:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 25 01:17:59 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18xc8d-00018m-00 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 01:17:59 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18xc9L-0006NB-00 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 01:18:43 +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 18xc75-0001v7-01 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 19:16:23 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18xc6H-0001lO-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 19:15:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18xc66-0001Dk-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 19:15:25 -0500 Original-Received: from tsukuba.m17n.org ([192.47.44.130]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18xc5v-0000XH-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 19:15:11 -0500 Original-Received: from fs.m17n.org (fs.m17n.org [192.47.44.2])h2P0F6917940; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 09:15:06 +0900 (JST) (envelope-from handa@m17n.org) Original-Received: from etlken.m17n.org (etlken.m17n.org [192.47.44.125]) h2P0F5A18313; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 09:15:05 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: (from handa@localhost) by etlken.m17n.org (8.8.8+Sun/3.7W-2001040620) id JAA06592; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 09:15:05 +0900 (JST) Original-To: monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu In-reply-to: <200303241541.h2OFfbpa011227@rum.cs.yale.edu> (monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu) User-Agent: SEMI/1.14.3 (Ushinoya) FLIM/1.14.2 (Yagi-Nishiguchi) APEL/10.2 Emacs/21.2.92 (sparc-sun-solaris2.6) MULE/5.0 (SAKAKI) Original-cc: kawabata@m17n.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:12584 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:12584 In article <200303241541.h2OFfbpa011227@rum.cs.yale.edu>, "Stefan Monnier" writes: >> In the Indian languages support, we use this kind of >> function repeatedly. But, the function itself is generic >> enough to be used in the other cases. Can I install it in >> subr.el (or simple.el)? > The only place where I see something like that is in devan-util.el > and it's only using the `list' case. > Am I missing something ? Oops, I should have written "we'll use". Kawabata-san is now working on improving Indian language support (including tamil and malayalam), and in the comming code, the same functionality is required in many other files. And, even if it is used just in devan-util.el, it's too generic to fit in there. --- Ken'ichi HANDA handa@m17n.org