From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: doc-view support for bookmark.el Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 01:34:34 +0100 Message-ID: <87odc9m351.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> References: <8763yn3v07.fsf@member.fsf.org> <87prwu3kg0.fsf@member.fsf.org> <87prwu77ug.fsf@member.fsf.org> <87lk7hz3rg.fsf@red-bean.com> <87wsqye65v.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1198974972 28646 80.91.229.12 (30 Dec 2007 00:36:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:36:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Karl Fogel , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 30 01:36:25 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 1J8mAB-0004m1-VE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 01:36:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J8m9q-0002RD-77 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:36:02 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J8m9l-0002Qn-9O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:35:57 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J8m9k-0002QZ-8Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:35:56 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J8m9k-0002QW-3T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:35:56 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-relay.sonofon.dk ([212.88.64.25]) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J8m9j-0002AN-Km for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:35:55 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 2111 invoked from network); 30 Dec 2007 00:35:45 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-lx.rd.rdm.cua.dk) (213.83.150.21) by 0 with SMTP; 30 Dec 2007 00:35:45 -0000 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Sat\, 29 Dec 2007 02\:43\:08 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.6-4.9 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:85647 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >>> cleanest thing would probably be an association list: >>> >>> '((buffer BUFFER) (point POINT)) >>> > >> If you decide to change this, please use a plist, as in > >> '(:buffer BUFFER :point POINT ...) > > Why? Alists certainly are more generally useful and versatile, but for this kind of values, I find plists + keywords much simpler to use and understand than alists. E.g. it's trivial to make such a value: (list :buffer (current-buffer) :point (point)) However, if you decide an alist is better, shouldn't it be: '((buffer . BUFFER) (point . POINT)) using conses rather than lists as values ? -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk