From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Mathias Dahl" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: find.el --- Build a valid find(1) command with sexps Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 23:17:10 +0200 Message-ID: <7dbe73ed0804011417k33abed71xde9e3bb631862fd7@mail.gmail.com> References: <87k5ji3jd6.fsf@shellarchive.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1207099398 11584 80.91.229.12 (2 Apr 2008 01:23:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 01:23:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Phil Jackson , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 02 03:23:49 2008 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 4.50) id 1JgrhZ-0000Cn-NG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:23:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jgrgx-0001Gy-G7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:23:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jgrgs-0001GO-RX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:23:02 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jgrgr-0001G9-Fq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:23:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jgrgr-0001G6-BI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:23:01 -0400 Original-Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.146.181]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jgrgr-0001FA-1o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:23:01 -0400 Original-Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k34so2909834wah.10 for ; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:22:56 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.114.190.6 with SMTP id n6mr13308593waf.131.1207084630548; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:17:10 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.114.146.9 with HTTP; Tue, 1 Apr 2008 14:17:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:94153 Archived-At: > Also, I think that it should be a function rather than a macro. > (That would require explicitly quoting the arguments.) Could some explain to a lisp beginner like me what the benefit is? The macro version seems easier to use as you don't have to quote the arguments - to me that seems like a good thing.