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From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
To: Joel Reicher <joel.reicher@gmail.com>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen via "Emacs development discussions."
	<emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Commands, term "closure" and online help
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2024 12:36:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87msmk8dls.fsf@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86plrgcqai.fsf@gmail.com> (Joel Reicher's message of "Sun, 14 Jul 2024 18:48:37 +1000")

Joel Reicher <joel.reicher@gmail.com> writes:

> I can't really offer an opinion until I understand the way the new
> types are being used

Actually, nothing changed wrt. usage.  Interpreted functions are only
not lists anymore but opaque objects, so their representation doesn't
invite to abuses.  That's more or less all.

> but I think the OP's main concern was that the term "closure" be
> avoided because it's a little opaque to some people unfamiliar with
> language implementation.

I agree it had been an irritating terminology.

Michael.



      reply	other threads:[~2024-07-14 10:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-04-15 14:51 Commands, term "closure" and online help T.V Raman
2024-04-15 14:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-15 15:09   ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-15 15:49     ` T.V Raman
2024-04-15 16:17       ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-14  5:06         ` Joel Reicher
2024-07-14  5:55           ` Michael Heerdegen via Emacs development discussions.
2024-07-14  6:20             ` Joel Reicher
2024-07-14  7:29               ` Michael Heerdegen via Emacs development discussions.
2024-07-14  8:48                 ` Joel Reicher
2024-07-14 10:36                   ` Michael Heerdegen [this message]

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