From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
To: bob@rattlesnake.com
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: filesets
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 22:33:18 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r6josich.fsf@catnip.gol.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m1IjaLY-002KHlC@rattlesnake.com> (Robert J. Chassell's message of "Sun\, 21 Oct 2007 12\:56\:00 +0000 \(UTC\)")
"Robert J. Chassell" <bob@rattlesnake.com> writes:
> Actually, the argument `files' could be `files-list' which is longer,
> too, but more helpful to whichever person reads the code in fifteen
> years.
Given the pervasiveness of lists in lisp, I don't think "files-list"
_is_ particularly more helpful, and it's certainly more ugly. If a
variable is plural, you can basically assume it's a list unless
explicitly told otherwise.
-Miles
--
"Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that
you do it." Mahatma Gandhi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-21 13:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-10-21 7:26 filesets Richard Stallman
2007-10-21 12:56 ` filesets Robert J. Chassell
2007-10-21 13:33 ` Miles Bader [this message]
2007-10-21 14:01 ` filesets Stefan Monnier
2007-10-21 16:15 ` filesets Robert J. Chassell
2007-10-21 23:46 ` filesets Miles Bader
2007-10-22 9:00 ` filesets Richard Stallman
2007-10-22 12:15 ` filesets Robert J. Chassell
2007-10-22 5:59 ` filesets Paul Michael Reilly
[not found] <20071021192054.AD7BE7393E@grelber.thyrsus.com>
2007-10-22 13:36 ` Emacs-devel Digest, Vol 44, Issue 176 Eric S. Raymond
2007-10-22 14:45 ` Miles Bader
2007-10-22 19:01 ` Eric S. Raymond
2007-10-22 21:52 ` filesets Robert J. Chassell
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