From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: evaluating numbers Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 18:25:47 +0200 Message-ID: <83tv712ltg.fsf@gnu.org> References: <3C929D7B-1C10-4713-9EDA-55C80FC36AD8@traduction-libre.org> <835zjvg385.fsf@gnu.org> <83sgmyd6rw.fsf@gnu.org> <835zjucwbz.fsf@gnu.org> <628A3663-BDD3-47C5-B4F4-E260FD900691@traduction-libre.org> <83o8xla50f.fsf@gnu.org> <8336ex9sow.fsf@gnu.org> <4836980E-C425-466C-BB86-5E962C4B3F96@traduction-libre.org> <83zhgy7qxq.fsf@gnu.org> <83lfsi5z1s.fsf@gnu.org> <83imnm480f.fsf@gnu.org> <834kz52mqx.fsf@gnu.org> <8336ep2m17.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="26553"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: jean.christophe.helary@traduction-libre.org, eggert@cs.ucla.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, yuri.v.khan@gmail.com To: Robert Pluim Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 18 17:26:30 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iWjrA-0006lF-KG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Nov 2019 17:26:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36562 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iWjr9-0001KQ-9u for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Nov 2019 11:26:27 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:47196) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iWjqh-0001KI-CR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Nov 2019 11:26:00 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:57095) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iWjqf-0001AW-3L; Mon, 18 Nov 2019 11:25:57 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1170 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1iWjqT-00046n-4s; Mon, 18 Nov 2019 11:25:49 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Robert Pluim on Sun, 17 Nov 2019 21:02:02 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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:242384 Archived-At: > From: Robert Pluim > Cc: Eli Zaretskii , > jean.christophe.helary@traduction-libre.org, eggert@cs.ucla.edu, > yuri.v.khan@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 21:02:02 +0100 > > >> And, btw, why the ?\N{} part? why not just show the name? > > Richard> {} makes it easier for people to see where that name starts and ends. > Richard> I think that is a good convenience. > > We could just as easily enclose the name in quotes. Using ?\N{} > informs people about that syntax. Personally Iʼm neutral on it, so > Iʼll go with whatever Eli decides. If we want a clear indication where the name starts and ends, it's better to use ("..."), i.e. just parentheses.