From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: mah@everybody.org (Mark A. Hershberger) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Refactoring xml.el namespace handling Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2004 22:06:52 -0600 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <8765dgnfs3.fsf@weblog.localhost> References: <87u117ew6g.fsf@weblog.localhost> <878yiimo8x.fsf@weblog.localhost> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1079008702 19333 80.91.224.253 (11 Mar 2004 12:38:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 12:38:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 11 13:38:04 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B1PRr-0006qA-00 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 13:38:03 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B1PRr-0006JC-00 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 13:38:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B1KmE-00034Y-JL for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 02:38:46 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B0ESf-0003xl-Bt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Mar 2004 01:42:01 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B0ES8-0003Qj-D1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Mar 2004 01:41:59 -0500 Original-Received: from [204.251.8.130] (helo=superman.everybody.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.30) id 1B0ES7-0003OU-VD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Mar 2004 01:41:28 -0500 Original-Received: from [65.71.151.167] (helo=weblog.localhost.everybody.org) by superman.everybody.org with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B0EUL-0004zC-00; Mon, 08 Mar 2004 00:43:45 -0600 Original-To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) X-URL: http://mah.everybody.org/weblog/ In-Reply-To: (Kim F. Storm's message of "08 Mar 2004 02:33:07 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/22.0.0 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:20299 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:20299 storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: > I don't know the code, but to me it seems that using strings rather > than symbols (in all places) generally would be preferable, as it > avoids pollution in the name space -- or maybe a local name space is > used here? After the discussion, I'd tend to agree: we should just use strings. I was using symbols because that is what the old non-namespaced xml.el used. Mark. -- A choice between one man and a shovel, or a dozen men with teaspoons is clear to me, and I'm sure it is clear to you also. -- Zimran Ahmed