From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10048: uniquify -> uniquify, for more-consistent function names Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 17:05:01 +1030 Message-ID: <877fhtwb56.fsf@gnus.org> References: <4EC18C06.1090903@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1456382182 32749 80.91.229.3 (25 Feb 2016 06:36:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 06:36:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10048@debbugs.gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 25 07:36:12 2016 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 1aYpX1-000475-54 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2016 07:36:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40443 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aYpX0-0006cb-Fu for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2016 01:36:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33560) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aYpWx-0006cR-7B for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2016 01:36:08 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aYpWs-0005SH-7Z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2016 01:36:07 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:47497) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aYpWs-0005SD-4Y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2016 01:36:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aYpWr-00012w-NP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2016 01:36:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 06:36:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10048 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 10048-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10048.14563821353988 (code B ref 10048); Thu, 25 Feb 2016 06:36:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10048) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Feb 2016 06:35:35 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44624 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aYpWR-00012G-8Q for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2016 01:35:35 -0500 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:44884) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aYpWP-000128-83 for 10048@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2016 01:35:33 -0500 Original-Received: from [175.103.25.178] (helo=mouse) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1aYpVy-0004sj-79; Thu, 25 Feb 2016 07:35:06 +0100 In-Reply-To: <4EC18C06.1090903@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:45:42 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1aYpVy-0004sj-79 MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1456986907.00431@Z28pNRCC5EQL0Zx0/FvmTQ X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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:113783 Archived-At: Paul Eggert writes: > Although Emacs normally uses the spelling "uniquify" for functions > like uniquify-buffer-file-name, there are two exceptions. It's better > if Emacs uses a consistent spelling. Also, in the wider > English-speaking world "uniquify" is the more-common spelling, so > using that spelling will help reduce confusion a bit. > > Here's a proposed patch. Since this changes the API it would have to > wait until after Emacs 24.1 comes out. I think this sounds like a good change to make now... -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no