From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Robin Templeton Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#19790: [PATCH] destructive splicing in backquote Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2015 16:46:58 -0500 Message-ID: <8761bdpf71.fsf@panthera.terpri.org> References: <87a90r35o9.fsf@panthera.terpri.org> <87pp9lsggz.fsf@panthera.terpri.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1423345695 28901 80.91.229.3 (7 Feb 2015 21:48:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 21:48:15 +0000 (UTC) To: 19790@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 07 22:48:11 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1YKDEX-0002zh-Pd for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2015 22:48:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54616 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YKDEX-0001g3-Cx for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2015 16:48:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55868) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YKDET-0001ei-US for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2015 16:48:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YKDEQ-0006UF-Mr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2015 16:48:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:45649) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YKDEQ-0006UB-KA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2015 16:48:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YKDEQ-00055o-F6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2015 16:48:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <87a90r35o9.fsf@panthera.terpri.org> Resent-From: Robin Templeton Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2015 21:48:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 19790 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.142334563919524 (code B ref -1); Sat, 07 Feb 2015 21:48:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Feb 2015 21:47:19 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36889 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YKDDi-00054p-QM for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2015 16:47:19 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:54092) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YKDDg-00054a-BC for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2015 16:47:17 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YKDDa-0005ze-8C for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2015 16:47:11 -0500 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:59151) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YKDDa-0005zP-5f for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2015 16:47:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55814) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YKDDZ-0001eM-7F for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2015 16:47:10 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YKDDW-0005nd-0S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2015 16:47:09 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:36882) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YKDDV-0005lX-Pe for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2015 16:47:05 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YKDDU-0002RE-2f for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2015 22:47:04 +0100 Original-Received: from cpe-174-097-170-150.nc.res.rr.com ([174.97.170.150]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 07 Feb 2015 22:47:04 +0100 Original-Received: from robin by cpe-174-097-170-150.nc.res.rr.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 07 Feb 2015 22:47:04 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 24 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: cpe-174-097-170-150.nc.res.rr.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:DDHZ6x8KTSNSwkY1Bk1saLsGvdg= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:99148 Archived-At: Robin Templeton writes: > Stefan Monnier writes: > >>> library. A patch follows that adds CL-compatible comma-dot support. >> >> Other than CL-compatibility, what is the use of this? > > It's an improvement over having the feature half-implemented, as it is > now. Read syntax for comma-dot was added in 1995 (commit > 176348460d640ae96b0b21567df0de1457aa962b) without corresponding support > in backquote.el, and it has only been mentioned online a few times since > then, so it seemed harmless to implement what was likely originally > intended. Also, I could submit a patch to remove the special handling for ",." or make it a syntax error, if either of those options would be preferable. But the current behavior seems to be a bug. -- Inteligenta persono lernas la lingvon Esperanton rapide kaj facile. Esperanto estas moderna, kultura lingvo por la mondo. Simpla, fleksebla, belsona, Esperanto estas la praktika solvo de la problemo de universala interkompreno. Lernu la interlingvon Esperanton!