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From: Emanuel Berg <moasen@zoho.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2017 09:43:23 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86bmnlqlic.fsf@zoho.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20170812073057.GB20873@tuxteam.de

tomas wrote:

> Some dont want a validation to explode deep
> whithin the guts of some module loaded by
> another module, where the user has no clue
> about what the heck is going on, but next to
> the place where a variable is being set to
> a value it's not supposed to have.
>
> Sometimes I can sympathize with that :-)

One could also put validation at the beginning
of the functions that use the value, where it
(the function) checks its own parameters rather
than some global loose-cannon variable!

Which is also a much better design this
specific issue aside...

-- 
underground experts united
http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573




  reply	other threads:[~2017-08-12  7:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-08-10 13:51 Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs Ronald Fischer
2017-08-10 15:59 ` Drew Adams
2017-08-10 16:58   ` Emanuel Berg
2017-08-12 17:24     ` John Ankarström
2017-08-13 20:16       ` Emanuel Berg
2017-08-12 17:32     ` John Ankarström
2017-08-10 16:00 ` Óscar Fuentes
2017-08-10 16:56 ` Emanuel Berg
2017-08-11  7:21   ` Ronald Fischer
2017-08-11 13:51     ` Emanuel Berg
2017-08-11 14:11       ` Tomas Nordin
     [not found]       ` <mailman.12937.1502460691.21957.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2017-08-11 15:20         ` notbob
2017-08-11 15:31           ` Emanuel Berg
2017-08-11 16:54             ` Drew Adams
2017-08-11 19:07               ` Emanuel Berg
2017-08-11 19:15                 ` Drew Adams
2017-08-12 15:53                   ` ken
2017-08-12 16:11                     ` Emanuel Berg
2017-08-12 16:24                       ` ken
2017-08-13 20:19                         ` Emanuel Berg
     [not found]           ` <mailman.12941.1502465490.21957.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2017-08-11 15:57             ` notbob
2017-08-11 16:37               ` Emanuel Berg
     [not found]     ` <mailman.12935.1502459723.21957.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2017-08-11 14:09       ` HASM
2017-08-11 15:20         ` Emanuel Berg
     [not found]         ` <mailman.12940.1502464872.21957.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2017-08-11 18:55           ` Alan Mackenzie
2017-08-11 20:08             ` HASM
2017-08-11 20:29             ` Emanuel Berg
2017-08-11 20:46               ` Drew Adams
2017-08-11 22:12                 ` (1) defcustom :set, (2) similar for defvar Drew Adams
2017-08-12  0:15                 ` Using "Emacs Configure" **and** modifying .emacs Emanuel Berg
2017-08-12  7:30                   ` tomas
2017-08-12  7:43                     ` Emanuel Berg [this message]
2017-08-12  8:02                       ` tomas
2017-08-12 10:03                         ` Emanuel Berg
2017-08-12 10:38                           ` Tomas Nordin
2017-08-12 11:38                             ` Emanuel Berg
2017-08-15 22:10                             ` Emanuel Berg
2017-08-15 22:18                               ` Drew Adams
2017-08-15 22:27                                 ` Emanuel Berg
2017-08-15 23:38                                   ` Drew Adams
2017-08-16  0:09                                     ` John Mastro
2017-08-16  0:37                                       ` Robert Thorpe
2017-08-16  1:20                                         ` Emanuel Berg
2017-08-16  0:09                                     ` Emanuel Berg
2017-08-15 22:25                               ` John Mastro
2017-08-15 22:41                                 ` Emanuel Berg
2017-08-15 23:09                                 ` Drew Adams
2017-08-16  0:07                                   ` John Mastro
2017-08-16  0:13                                     ` Emanuel Berg
2017-08-12 12:50                         ` Emanuel Berg
2017-08-12 16:04                       ` Drew Adams
2017-08-12 16:20                         ` Emanuel Berg
2017-08-12 16:04                     ` Drew Adams
2017-08-12  0:32                 ` Emanuel Berg
2017-08-14 16:33                 ` Emanuel Berg
2017-08-14 18:15                   ` Emanuel Berg
2017-08-14 21:41                     ` Emanuel Berg
2017-08-14 23:17                     ` John Mastro
2017-08-15  0:24                       ` Emanuel Berg
2017-08-15  2:20                         ` Emanuel Berg
     [not found] ` <mailman.12888.1502380810.21957.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2017-08-10 17:47   ` Dan Espen
2017-08-10 18:06     ` Drew Adams
2017-08-10 18:10       ` Drew Adams
     [not found]     ` <mailman.12897.1502388423.21957.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2017-08-10 19:08       ` Dan Espen
2017-08-10 19:14         ` Emanuel Berg
     [not found]         ` <mailman.12899.1502392471.21957.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2017-08-11 12:03           ` Dan Espen
2017-08-11 13:46             ` Emanuel Berg

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