From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: throwing away future possibilities via "nil or not nil" Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 06:59:14 +0800 Message-ID: <87acrwhfst.fsf_-_@jidanni.org> References: <87ekh92871.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1104784638 13227 80.91.229.6 (3 Jan 2005 20:37:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 20:37:18 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 03 21:37:05 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ClYwr-0005sh-00 for ; Mon, 03 Jan 2005 21:37:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1ClZ81-0005ZN-MX for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2005 15:48:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1ClZ80-0005ZI-DX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2005 15:48:36 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1ClZ80-0005Z6-1E for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2005 15:48:36 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1ClZ7z-0005Z3-Tc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2005 15:48:35 -0500 Original-Received: from [204.74.68.40] (helo=frodo.hserus.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1ClYw9-0006KA-F9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2005 15:36:21 -0500 Original-Received: from tc218-187-75-104.2-3.dynamic.apol.com.tw ([218.187.75.104]:32819 helo=jidanni1) by frodo.hserus.net with esmtpsa (Cipher TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.43 #0) id 1ClYw5-000ADm-2c by authid with plain for ; Tue, 04 Jan 2005 02:06:19 +0530 Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:10299 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:10299 Juri> `compare-windows' already has a prefix arg `ignore-whitespace', Juri> so using a prefix key to switch the direction is not possible. Just curious, are things like that examples of where future extensions are not anticipated, like specifying "nil or not nil" and thus throwing away future other possibilities? (So less elegant alternatives must be used.)