From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16990: 24.3.50; Return a useful value for motion functions Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 20:00:50 +0200 Message-ID: <87r3doxpkd.fsf@gnus.org> References: <45c7f5b6-c217-47ab-8fca-c2ab2f046cff@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1461952905 29617 80.91.229.3 (29 Apr 2016 18:01:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:01:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 16990@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 29 20:01:35 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-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 1awCjL-0005B6-KI for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 20:01:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55753 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awCjH-000360-Vg for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:01:27 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59453) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awCj7-0002pr-NW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:01:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awCiv-0004AR-Nb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:01:12 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:43374) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awCiv-00049Y-H1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:01:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awCis-0001rm-3m for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:01:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:01:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16990 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 16990-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16990.14619528557141 (code B ref 16990); Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:01:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16990) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Apr 2016 18:00:55 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55708 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awCil-0001r7-0z for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:00:55 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:47595) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awCij-0001r0-Fc for 16990@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:00:53 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.1.64.getinternet.no ([84.215.1.64] helo=mouse) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awCig-0000Ya-Ok; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 20:00:52 +0200 In-Reply-To: <45c7f5b6-c217-47ab-8fca-c2ab2f046cff@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 11 Mar 2014 13:03:40 -0700 (PDT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:117229 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > Enhancement request: Return a useful value for motion functions, when > possible. > > The set of candidate functions for enhancement are motion functions. > Yes, each needs to be checked in detail, and handled appropriately. > One size does not fit all. A return value choice should be based on > what is generally most useful in the context of using the function. > > This is the promised followup from the discussion for bug #15117. See > that thread for more information (relevant functions, possible return > values, etc.) I seem to recall that this was about you wanting side-effect-only functions to return values? The rest of us were against it, I think. Closing. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no