From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: filesets Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:46:21 +0900 Message-ID: <874pgkrpyq.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <87r6josich.fsf@catnip.gol.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1193010405 18012 80.91.229.12 (21 Oct 2007 23:46:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:46:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: bob@rattlesnake.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 22 01:46:45 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IjkVI-0000iW-If for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 01:46:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IjkVA-0003Fp-Pb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:46:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IjkV6-0003Cg-2M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:46:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IjkV4-0003AT-9b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:46:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IjkV4-0003AM-6O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:46:30 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp02.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.72]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IjkV0-0002b3-76; Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:46:26 -0400 Original-Received: from 203-216-97-240.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.97.240] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp02.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1IjkUx-0005F2-1q; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:46:23 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CEF322F4B; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:46:21 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: (Robert J. Chassell's message of "Sun\, 21 Oct 2007 16\:15\:50 +0000 \(UTC\)") Original-Lines: 24 X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:81411 Archived-At: "Robert J. Chassell" writes: > What do yo think of my other suggestion, which is to drop the word > `fileset' in documentation where the reference is to a list, as in > `vc-svn-diff'? > > (defun vc-svn-diff (files &optional oldvers newvers buffer) > "Get a difference report using SVN between two revisions of fileset FILES." I like that one -- indeed, I think the simple term "files" is much more clear than "fileset". [An english speaker can kind of guess what the term "fileset" must mean, but it still has a very peculiar feel about it, like it's implying some extra restrictions over and above a simple list of files. Maybe there _are_ such extra restrictions, but it's not obvious from what I've seen of the code...] -Miles -- ===== (^o^; (())) *This is the cute octopus virus, please copy it into your sig so it can spread.