From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to quote a list of functions? Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 08:29:52 +0200 Message-ID: <20150817062952.GD17453@tuxteam.de> References: <87zj1vddkz.fsf@kuiper.lan.informatimago.com> <87mvxug2us.fsf@nl106-137-147.student.uu.se> <87vbch1gb0.fsf@nl106-137-147.student.uu.se> <87wpwudby7.fsf@nl106-137-147.student.uu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1439793018 13318 80.91.229.3 (17 Aug 2015 06:30:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 06:30:18 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 17 08:30:12 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZRDvw-00050q-8C for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2015 08:30:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54387 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZRDvv-00047K-Mg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2015 02:30:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41424) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZRDvk-00046x-PJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2015 02:30:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZRDvd-0004NJ-11 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2015 02:30:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.tuxteam.de ([5.199.139.25]:59856 helo=tomasium.tuxteam.de) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZRDvc-0004MV-RG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2015 02:29:52 -0400 Original-Received: from tomas by tomasium.tuxteam.de with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZRDvc-0004kF-91 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2015 08:29:52 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87wpwudby7.fsf@nl106-137-147.student.uu.se> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 5.199.139.25 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:106644 Archived-At: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 01:56:48AM +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote: > John Mastro writes: > > > I think you have this metaphor backward; all I said > > was that sharp-quote can be helpful (like > > indentation), not that you should be compelled to > > use it. [...] > This discussion is by now nothing but confusing. > > The one advantage we have heard is - if it is used, > the compiler will tell you if the function is defined, > so it is a safety net for typos and mix-ups. Not to forget: different name spaces for functions and variables. That's the LISP-2's and that's what LISP-2 users expect (they will call a variable "list" without fear of shadowing their function named "list"). LISP-1 folks (e.g. Schemers) will shudder at this thought. Which one is "better" is just a matter of taste, I think. - -- t -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlXRf2AACgkQBcgs9XrR2kYp4wCeLe7vQnbHx2r5c00zuTZRiaQU VVoAn03Zrd9SzqkZA7IjOGpIzuhiNyXj =ldXU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----