From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: rcirc update Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 06:26:50 +0900 Message-ID: <87myyzsi91.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <871wgld7nz.fsf@owie.lan> <87r6ofppg7.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87r6oca9fh.fsf@owie.lan> <87sl8ssg81.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87odjga3le.fsf@owie.lan> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1182029220 1887 80.91.229.12 (16 Jun 2007 21:27:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:27:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: cyd@stupidchicken.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Ryan Yeske Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 16 23:26:59 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HzfnO-00042R-IP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2007 23:26:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HzfnN-0005tx-QD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2007 17:26:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HzfnK-0005tf-5T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2007 17:26:54 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HzfnI-0005tR-Ck for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2007 17:26:53 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HzfnI-0005tM-6B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2007 17:26:52 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp02.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.72]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HzfnG-0005pu-PP; Sat, 16 Jun 2007 17:26:51 -0400 Original-Received: from 203-216-102-031.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.102.31] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp02.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1HzfnC-0004dV-RL; Sun, 17 Jun 2007 06:26:46 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 540442F41; Sun, 17 Jun 2007 06:26:50 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <87odjga3le.fsf@owie.lan> (Ryan Yeske's message of "Fri\, 15 Jun 2007 22\:08\:29 -0700") Original-Lines: 17 X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:73118 Archived-At: Ryan Yeske writes: >> Note that Elisp is case-sensitive... > > Hmm, that is true. I was following the convention that function > arguments are capitalized like that... but for these keywords it > probably is not the right thing. The way it was written before was > difficult to read, this is probably not much better. I think the convention is to quote symbols like `blargh' (which can look slightly ugly sometimes, but at least it gets the point across). E.g., see the docstring for `set-face-attribute'. -Miles -- `There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.'