From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: master c290b034e0f 1/2: Move `wholenump` alias definition Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2023 13:41:37 +0300 Message-ID: <83v8cr7d3y.fsf@gnu.org> References: <169373450576.30740.4674573984693456027@vcs2.savannah.gnu.org> <20230903094826.33FFAC045B5@vcs2.savannah.gnu.org> <878r9n37ke.fsf@posteo.net> <83y1hn7ep1.fsf@gnu.org> <891AF8E0-D79D-497A-842F-BFBAF6DCBCE8@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="12307"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: philipk@posteo.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Mattias =?utf-8?Q?Engdeg=C3=A5rd?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 03 12:42:32 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1qckYq-00033O-3R for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 03 Sep 2023 12:42:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qckYL-000713-5Y; Sun, 03 Sep 2023 06:42:01 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qckYI-00070g-Bt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Sep 2023 06:41:58 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qckYI-0006ez-1u; Sun, 03 Sep 2023 06:41:58 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-version:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: Date; bh=zLn5NdMThLOCtc6d88EnyhtqEVVY9xSF+o6yYmSpAEs=; b=HB/pA+hRh4sAn/UF1FJH 7vmVGsFpMEgechYGjTI2rokEKin9nyEq4ddNinXUgqb3r6+NGKCKtIG+1wrZONC5d6QUYBMr86v18 2EbdAMv3legkdyYVGQdizmFNzcQfPAoq1fmhcxNkia1E6AqFpImX86uBHBgREjkDa5DDHXnaclMPV LRYhTNNGDO125nc+fDb3njoZDo7RJF48Anhc6QJ+MJKPlyE2lkfU5cf5eFzJWj5x1EF84jP/BC5jV Y4am85U8tCaIc+r0X6i6WnbRF9yc/adBfG+60mYvlmSqhuNeuBadchk5QCa7Up9gA1lm4XQWPVqwt wNEItm+KA1pLPA==; In-Reply-To: <891AF8E0-D79D-497A-842F-BFBAF6DCBCE8@gmail.com> (message from Mattias =?utf-8?Q?Engdeg=C3=A5rd?= on Sun, 3 Sep 2023 12:22:07 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:309964 Archived-At: > From: Mattias Engdegård > Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2023 12:22:07 +0200 > Cc: philipk@posteo.net, > emacs-devel@gnu.org > > 3 sep. 2023 kl. 12.07 skrev Eli Zaretskii : > > > I'm guessing that was for compatibility with some other Lisp. > > > Maybe an obscure dialect (can't find it in Common Lisp, MacLisp or Interlisp). > > The symbol `wholenump` is most commonly seen by users in errors as it's generated by CHECK_FIXNAT. It would be good to change that to the less obscure `natnump`, and it seems implausible that such a change would break any code. Any objections? You assume that "natnump" will be much more clear? why? It will definitely break decade-long habits, and for what? for the benefit of some abstract rigor?