From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Native display of line numbers Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 05:31:59 +0300 Message-ID: <83bmpkyag0.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83lgoqzm0v.fsf@gnu.org> <32799d7b-6c56-7972-4ed3-4173b7b2d751@grinta.net> <83h8zdxdss.fsf@gnu.org> <6a2b3f2f-8304-2dbf-6ad3-53459e1cb4c9@grinta.net> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1497839579 9116 195.159.176.226 (19 Jun 2017 02:32:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 02:32:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Daniele Nicolodi Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 19 04:32:56 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dMmUp-0002BZ-F9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Jun 2017 04:32:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40238 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dMmUu-0004Xh-GH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Jun 2017 22:33:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38979) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dMmUG-0004Rq-0z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jun 2017 22:32:20 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dMmU8-0007Pd-Vh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jun 2017 22:32:18 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:37298) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dMmU8-0007PY-Sn; Sun, 18 Jun 2017 22:32:12 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:4152 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1dMmU7-0001IC-Q3; Sun, 18 Jun 2017 22:32:12 -0400 In-reply-to: <6a2b3f2f-8304-2dbf-6ad3-53459e1cb4c9@grinta.net> (message from Daniele Nicolodi on Sun, 18 Jun 2017 14:48:41 -0600) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:215763 Archived-At: > From: Daniele Nicolodi > Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2017 14:48:41 -0600 > > > Evidently, this impression was based on some misunderstanding. New > > Emacs features are coded in C all the time, e.g. see the recently > > added command replace-buffer-contents. > > Evidently, I was under the impression that the portable dumper idea was > rejected mainly on the base that it is coded in C while a possible > solution exists taht can be implemented in elisp. Dumping is not just any optional feature, it's a feature without which Emacs cannot be built, so there are additional considerations in that case.