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: Small correction to commit ae2463796f236b8ee2cef3b5e38bffa13abd2233 Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2024 15:25:20 +0300 Message-ID: <86jzfr61xr.fsf@gnu.org> References: Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="22531"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 04 14:26:19 2024 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 1slp5W-0005bF-6s for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 04 Sep 2024 14:26:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1slp4v-00049L-Sg; Wed, 04 Sep 2024 08:25:41 -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 1slp4o-00047I-CJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Sep 2024 08:25:36 -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 1slp4h-0005eF-4l; Wed, 04 Sep 2024 08:25:32 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=tFy2YtZutEYbxmeex92+YZCQDD8ctESCv0qJObrJx8E=; b=DfY73cDLeWBh CGp5wZjYs5pBwwjfnYOeQ/7M+K/t2b76uTOcgyJvs0FtotiwP0A/y8RQOiNEgIDDwL1pfdrf0YOBV x2Z8i18kCB4mcsniCvOLuhS2LFTKz8bFMxtr8GSldjzQsWqofXXXLWfrAE33D/TPXJOhjpyqxjbWp eu7xLR9dn27fMMF/sjnYQ9YaRWbWKQx1xLGOm96x+JhlCvl/TAbOIZtmhTkkHVwr6ebc2rYTdsBZk dnb3DNlaoEduuDFCa1Jn7YDG3IskNVdIImjzdYWD2UuK3l2l5mdkHNqHNz3e9U7a5HIJ52jcoQkW/ DLEX607bDa+KkecbedTW2g==; In-Reply-To: (message from Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez on Wed, 4 Sep 2024 09:02:18 +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:323356 Archived-At: > From: Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez > Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2024 09:02:18 +0200 > > >evaluation cannot load any files, nor calls functions like > >@code{posn-at-point} or @code{window-in-direction}, which themselves > >+evaluate the mode line, as doing so could cause infinite recursion. > > Shouldn't that be 'cannot load any files nor call functions'? No, because "calls" refers to 'evaluation", which is singular, not plural. > PS: @list I was just listing to the 'allow ...' discussion and you may have overseen that allow + infinitive is the 1:1 > translation of 'permitir + infinitive' in Spanish ;-) > Anyhow, my question would be if we always need 'allowing' or if we can say that "variables _control_ how things > are done" and functions _do_ things. Wouldn't that be easier to read (and understand)? Yes, where "controls" is appropriate. It isn't always. Here's one random example: Turning on option 'foo' allows you to observe a wonderful vista. Thanks.