From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
Cc: mattias.engdegard@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: master c290b034e0f 1/2: Move `wholenump` alias definition
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2023 13:50:14 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83ttsb7cpl.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874jkb3567.fsf@posteo.net> (message from Philip Kaludercic on Sun, 03 Sep 2023 10:46:40 +0000)
> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
> Cc: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard@gmail.com>,
> emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2023 10:46:40 +0000
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > You assume that "natnump" will be much more clear? why?
>
> The term natural number is less likely to confuse a reader (though it is
> not perfect either, due to disagreements on whether or not 0 is a
> natural number).
It is less likely to confuse only if the reader has a very good idea
of what are "natural numbers". I was questioning that assumption as
applicable to our audience.
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2023-09-03 9:54 ` master c290b034e0f 1/2: Move `wholenump` alias definition Philip Kaludercic
2023-09-03 10:02 ` Mattias Engdegård
2023-09-03 10:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-03 10:22 ` Mattias Engdegård
2023-09-03 10:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-03 10:46 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-09-03 10:50 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2023-09-03 12:07 ` Stefan Kangas
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