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 10:59:55 +0900 (JST) Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200303250159.KAA06777@etlken.m17n.org> References: <200303230302.MAA04327@etlken.m17n.org> <200303241541.h2OFfbpa011227@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200303250015.JAA06592@etlken.m17n.org> <200303250050.JAA06631@etlken.m17n.org> <200303250125.KAA06703@etlken.m17n.org> <200303250147.TAA24995@eel.dms.auburn.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 1048557723 1770 80.91.224.249 (25 Mar 2003 02:02:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 02:02:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 25 03:02:00 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 18xdl9-0000Pg-00 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 03:01:51 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18xdlt-0007N3-00 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 03:02:37 +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 18xdkH-00029M-05 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 21:00:57 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18xdjp-0001z7-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 21:00:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18xdjX-0001hY-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 21:00:11 -0500 Original-Received: from tsukuba.m17n.org ([192.47.44.130]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18xdjL-0001SX-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 21:00:00 -0500 Original-Received: from fs.m17n.org (fs.m17n.org [192.47.44.2])h2P1xt918656; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:59:55 +0900 (JST) (envelope-from handa@m17n.org) Original-Received: from etlken.m17n.org (etlken.m17n.org [192.47.44.125]) h2P1xtA18852; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:59:55 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: (from handa@localhost) by etlken.m17n.org (8.8.8+Sun/3.7W-2001040620) id KAA06777; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:59:55 +0900 (JST) Original-To: teirllm@dms.auburn.edu In-reply-to: <200303250147.TAA24995@eel.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Mon, 24 Mar 2003 19:47:12 -0600 (CST)) 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: 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:12594 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:12594 In article <200303250147.TAA24995@eel.dms.auburn.edu>, Luc Teirlinck writes: > I find the name `sequence' for the new function confusing, however, > since it looks so analogous to `list', `string' and `vector', 'making > (sequence from to type) look like a synonym for: > (type from to). Would the name `interval' not be better? After all, > an interval is exactly what the function returns. [...] > Or `range' might be a good name too. I don't have a strong opinion about the function name, and as English is not my native language, I can't tell how each word fits with the functionality. But, I like `range' because it is the shortest. :-) --- Ken'ichi HANDA handa@m17n.org