From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bastien Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Should we use `symbol' or 'symbol' in Emacs change logs? Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 20:49:25 +0200 Message-ID: <8738fsto7e.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> References: <871tvczf1l.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1401389395 6589 80.91.229.3 (29 May 2014 18:49:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 18:49:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Achim Gratz , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 29 20:49:48 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Wq5Od-00007r-Tr for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 May 2014 20:49:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49748 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wq5Od-0000s9-KK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 May 2014 14:49:47 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52479) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wq5OU-0000rn-Rh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2014 14:49:44 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wq5OO-0000Nm-9P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2014 14:49:38 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wi0-x231.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c05::231]:44005) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wq5OO-0000LL-16 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2014 14:49:32 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-wi0-f177.google.com with SMTP id f8so1162341wiw.4 for ; Thu, 29 May 2014 11:49:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date :message-id:mime-version:content-type; bh=JHvfuSFBLNi5W8tkj+N1vRHgSyuHAp/KrUYLYG2i4Fg=; b=KtmMi2hYoudM3faomy0gO+Nk39rmI0+yPE1MriOeydGL8u6jNX0dWDOqGCsmDgqsF9 ntDFvmJwZGoRRZwCJpLXG60VgU/ojm6vr2GtehS+5SpED00d3999dkdsjAIdM4ZZiSDL /IcDmTdcdHk3L8jZ8cFHamzwNEhur/k4DDEvLSim0oAf/1PdYFO+HwyV4SdTMJwiFq/Y A6ZNNcYDZ1rhRTIiNOJgBApyW5kKJ9Mw1uSAnDZzPrdP6lCDPuz/1w+3cJZ11O9Aznrb KdvzbtJSmiJ9gKvQJSVm6ZuVrb1zvAdjZRLuctQra5cxwPHS86m93LZhPSfhrKJAXddK 7+7A== X-Received: by 10.180.84.7 with SMTP id u7mr44054889wiy.31.1401389367488; Thu, 29 May 2014 11:49:27 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from bzg.localdomain (mar75-2-81-56-68-112.fbx.proxad.net. [81.56.68.112]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id g10sm3719617wjs.33.2014.05.29.11.49.26 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 29 May 2014 11:49:26 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by bzg.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1FA6A1C232DE; Thu, 29 May 2014 20:49:25 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Thu, 29 May 2014 14:29:54 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c05::231 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:172181 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> Am I reading it wrong or am I correct that there is no change >> in Emacs policy regarding the quotation of symbols in change logs >> (and in docstrings)? > > Indeed there's been no change in that policy. To the extent that we > follow the GNU coding standard for the ChangeLogs, you could argue that > we should use 'foo' in ChangeLogs, but the `...' convention is so > pervasive inside Emacs that we'd then either have a mix of conventions > (one for the ChangeLog and another for most everything else) or a major > painful conversion ahead. Okay, thanks for confirming! -- Bastien