From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: dynamic and lexical scope, attempted summary with example Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 15:36:26 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87r41eesv9.fsf@debian.uxu> References: <878unputvv.fsf@debian.uxu> <87bnsjsorp.fsf_-_@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1405950026 24868 80.91.229.3 (21 Jul 2014 13:40:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:40:26 +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 Jul 21 15:40:19 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 1X9DpD-0008Dl-GP for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Jul 2014 15:40:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34240 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X9DpD-0005cz-6h for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Jul 2014 09:40:19 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!news.stack.nl!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 26 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: SIvZRMPqRkkTHAHL6NkRuw.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:4IAtva3JNL1zi7lyNyx6kKIGiwM= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:206586 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:98858 Archived-At: Thien-Thi Nguyen writes: > I find ‘(format "%s%s" A B)’ unbeautiful, personally. OK, how would you do it? > I think using terms "insert" and "hard-coded" is > confusing in this context. Also, "eliminated" is > imprecise and thus misleading. To bake a cake, do > you eliminate the flour? But you understand it, right? I mean, what I mean? The result of the _insertion_ of literal values at the places of the parameters, will result in a function that don't use variables (dynamic or lexical) but _hard-coded_ values - that issue is _eliminated_. Do you think it is correct in terms of technology? Nevertheless, I would be interesting to hear if you have a better way of putting it, as I happen to know you are the only "Emacs beatnik" around? -- underground experts united