From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 'Ted Zlatanov' <tzz@lifelogs.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: RE: :file keyword for Customize
Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 15:43:27 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878wykm0z4.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <001601c8b152$4da65480$0ab32382@us.oracle.com>
Drew Adams writes:
> > > This is about letting an individual option or face (or
> > > perhaps group) decide where it is stored
> >
> > I think this is a YAGNI, and likely to lead to a plethora of confusing
> > custom files which appear at random times (ie, when you first save a
> > customization for a variable that targets that file).
>
> OK, so you think that. Care to give a reason or two?
YAGNI? The proponent says he doesn't really have a use case in
<004101c8b129$788cd490$0ab32382@us.oracle.com>. That's a slam dunk.
> Why is throwing everything into the same sack better?
That's not what I said. I said that the files appear at random times,
implying that that is what would be confusing.
> I grant you that at least one knows which sack everything is in, if
> there is only one sack.
That is another good reason.
> But beyond that?
Sorry, you only get three wishes per magic lamp. I'm not going to play.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-09 6:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-05-08 16:35 :file keyword for Customize Drew Adams
2008-05-08 16:43 ` Jason Rumney
2008-05-08 16:59 ` Drew Adams
2008-05-08 17:08 ` Jason Rumney
2008-05-08 17:41 ` Ted Zlatanov
2008-05-08 18:00 ` Drew Adams
2008-05-08 19:12 ` Ted Zlatanov
2008-05-08 21:27 ` Drew Adams
2008-05-09 14:01 ` Ted Zlatanov
2008-05-08 20:00 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-05-08 21:27 ` Drew Adams
2008-05-08 21:34 ` Jason Rumney
2008-05-09 6:43 ` Stephen J. Turnbull [this message]
2008-05-09 8:37 ` Bastien
2008-05-08 18:00 ` Drew Adams
2008-05-08 20:48 ` David Kastrup
2008-05-08 21:34 ` Drew Adams
2008-05-08 21:48 ` Jason Rumney
2008-05-08 22:10 ` Drew Adams
2008-05-08 22:31 ` David Kastrup
2008-05-08 21:51 ` David Kastrup
2008-05-09 14:11 ` Ted Zlatanov
2008-05-09 14:34 ` David Kastrup
2008-05-09 15:07 ` Ted Zlatanov
2008-05-09 21:17 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-05-12 13:13 ` :password customize type (was: :file keyword for Customize) Ted Zlatanov
2008-05-09 11:12 ` :file keyword for Customize Richard M Stallman
2008-05-13 13:53 ` Paul R
2008-05-13 14:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-05-13 21:48 ` Miles Bader
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