From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Cecil Westerhof Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Always using let* Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:01:49 +0200 Organization: Decebal Computing Message-ID: <87ppewkbjm.fsf@Equus.decebal.nl> References: <87fvfukmso.fsf@Equus.decebal.nl> <93faab1c-96bd-4188-9686-3869fc027601@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1410806727 26151 80.91.229.3 (15 Sep 2014 18:45:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:45:27 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 15 20:45:26 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XTbHB-0008AA-AU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:45:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33506 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XTbHA-0005Bd-VR for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:45:24 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!newsfeed.pionier.net.pl!feed.xsnews.nl!border01.ams.xsnews.nl!feeder04.ams.xsnews.nl!feeder03.ams.xsnews.nl!frontend-F09-11.ams.news.kpn.nl Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Face: "(y8cC@tg_12{">GF'UXTW]FHI2wMiZNrnf'1EFQ&O#$m:f#O7+7}kR,v+Pti8=Vi/Z"g^?b"E X-Homepage: http://www.decebal.nl/ User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZK+2QGH8xRFzB/iR6rpefmCIq1w= Original-Lines: 24 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 77.171.42.144 Original-X-Trace: 1410805840 news.kpn.nl 20743 77.171.42.144@kpn/77.171.42.144:55620 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:207660 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:99933 Archived-At: Op Monday 15 Sep 2014 18:15 CEST schreef Drew Adams: > I am *not* trying to minimize my effort when writing code ("so I > do not have to think about it" is misguided, IMHO). I am instead > trying to minimize (human) reader effort - my code is not just > about me. And yet I benefit from this more than anyone else, as > I am the main reader. (And if others can more easily read it > then I benefit from their better bug reports.) > > It's easy to write code. It's harder to understand code you have > not written (just now) and to modify it without screwing things up. > > Yes, it's a minor consideration, but it is one that affects how > I code, at least. YMMV. A good point. Writing code is 20% of the time and reading 80%. (Or so I am told.) But most of the time there is emphasis on speed of writing, not on easy maintenance. You made me think again and changed my mind. :-D -- Cecil Westerhof Senior Software Engineer LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof