From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: CL package serious deficiencies Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:42:52 -0500 Organization: =?utf-8?B?0KLQtdC+0LTQvtGAINCX0LvQsNGC0LDQvdC+0LI=?= @ Cienfuegos Message-ID: <877gzuskqb.fsf@lifelogs.com> References: <33271707.post@talk.nabble.com> <87fwemcwlx.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> <87zkcubbfc.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> <87vcnibb9t.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> <87r4y6bams.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> <4F3198CE.9000900@dancol.org> <87aa4skmm1.fsf@gmx.com> <877gzufzy8.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> Reply-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1328892318 3086 80.91.229.3 (10 Feb 2012 16:45:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:45:18 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 10 17:45:18 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Rvtb3-0003ux-QS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:45:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46383 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rvtb3-0003gV-66 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:45:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:34313) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rvtax-0003fw-3A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:45:15 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rvtar-00074w-DW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:45:11 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:44767) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rvtar-00074I-8Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:45:05 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Rvtap-0003lA-Nh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:45:03 +0100 Original-Received: from c-76-28-40-19.hsd1.vt.comcast.net ([76.28.40.19]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:45:03 +0100 Original-Received: from tzz by c-76-28-40-19.hsd1.vt.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:45:03 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 12 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-76-28-40-19.hsd1.vt.comcast.net X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6; d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.130002 (Ma Gnus v0.2) Emacs/24.0.93 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:YbgnAohiS89RxG+aHWGgkLaauR8= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 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:148439 Archived-At: On Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:52:31 -0700 Tom Tromey wrote: Tom> Elisp sort of has keyword arguments. They just aren't part of the Tom> language, so they are reimplemented by hand in various functions. Tom> You can find many examples in Emacs, including even functions in C, Tom> e.g., dbus-call-method or make-network-process. Don't forget Customize, which would be unmanageable without keyword arguments. That's probably the one keyword-based API every ELisp writer has experienced. Ted