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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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:228258 Archived-At: >>>>> "Paul" == Paul Eggert writes: Paul> Tom Tromey wrote: >> So, if Eli or Paul can let me know what they want, I can do it. Paul> I prefer consistent names in the new version, even if they don't match Paul> the old names. I suggest C names like INTEGERP, XINTEGER, FIXNUMP, Paul> XFIXNUM, BIGNUMP, and XBIGNUM, where 'integer' is the disjoint union Paul> of 'fixnum' and 'bignum'. Although this consistency will cost us a bit Paul> in the short run (due to renaming) and even in the long run (due to Paul> 'git diff' output being longer), it's worth it to keep the code Paul> readable. Seems reasonable to me. The branch is partway there already (as noted); but maybe all that's left is to rename XINT and XFASTINT. So, XFIXNUM and XFASTFIXNUM? Also, are there any I'm missing? Tom