From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Davis Herring" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: Eliminating a couple of independent face definitions Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 05:58:08 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49261.130.55.132.54.1297173488.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> References: <87oc6vm67v.fsf@stupidchicken.com><87vd12z77n.fsf@stupidchicken.com><87ipx289cu.fsf@nzebook.haselwarter.org> <1A6A06363E5F4274B2A00E2CA8A242D1@us.oracle.com> <1F1C73FF429943C6A882D1E03CC0BD23@us.oracle.com> Reply-To: herring@lanl.gov NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1297173510 32567 80.91.229.12 (8 Feb 2011 13:58:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 13:58:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Tim Cross' , emacs-devel@gnu.org, 'Philipp Haselwarter' To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 08 14:58:25 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pmo5I-00071R-D2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:58:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45497 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Pmo5H-0004Vf-Sy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Feb 2011 08:58:23 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=47186 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Pmo5B-0004Sk-IB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Feb 2011 08:58:18 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pmo59-0004a5-RT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Feb 2011 08:58:17 -0500 Original-Received: from proofpoint1.lanl.gov ([204.121.3.25]:57492) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pmo59-0004Zb-Iv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Feb 2011 08:58:15 -0500 Original-Received: from mailrelay1.lanl.gov (mailrelay1.lanl.gov [128.165.4.101]) by proofpoint1 (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p18Dw8bh002107; Tue, 8 Feb 2011 06:58:08 -0700 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mailrelay1.lanl.gov (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88262161694; Tue, 8 Feb 2011 06:58:08 -0700 (MST) X-NIE-2-Virus-Scanner: amavisd-new at mailrelay1.lanl.gov Original-Received: from webmail1.lanl.gov (webmail1.lanl.gov [128.165.4.106]) by mailrelay1.lanl.gov (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5781216154A; Tue, 8 Feb 2011 06:58:08 -0700 (MST) Original-Received: by webmail1.lanl.gov (Postfix, from userid 48) id 557BA1CA8190; Tue, 8 Feb 2011 06:58:08 -0700 (MST) Original-Received: from 130.55.132.54 (SquirrelMail authenticated user 196434) by webmail.lanl.gov with HTTP; Tue, 8 Feb 2011 05:58:08 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1F1C73FF429943C6A882D1E03CC0BD23@us.oracle.com> User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8-5.el5_4.10.lanl3 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.2.15, 1.0.148, 0.0.0000 definitions=2011-02-08_05:2011-02-08, 2011-02-08, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-Received-From: 204.121.3.25 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:135744 Archived-At: > Sure - just use a copy instead of a pointer. Having D copy from B is equivalent to having them both inherit from a new face A with B's previous definition. With the inheritance, the user does have the option to change both of them at once if desired. And we already have inheritance. Davis -- This product is sold by volume, not by mass. If it appears too dense or too sparse, it is because mass-energy conversion has occurred during shipping.