From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Question about start-process and argument list Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2023 10:13:41 -0800 Message-ID: <87tu01z4bu.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <87r0v7wgrp.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <63dd5f91.050a0220.1f3dc.df39@mx.google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="7005"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:JppIKNrxHb/meDU8efKJzT69+3Q= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 04 19:19:56 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pON8l-0001aN-TK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 04 Feb 2023 19:19:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pON8V-0006XA-MU; Sat, 04 Feb 2023 13:19:40 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pON2v-0003jy-Tj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Feb 2023 13:13:54 -0500 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pON2t-00025P-Pi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Feb 2023 13:13:53 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pON2q-0004eI-Jl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Feb 2023 19:13:48 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -15 X-Spam_score: -1.6 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.25, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 04 Feb 2023 13:19:38 -0500 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:302974 Archived-At: Jean Louis writes: > Now I think that reason why one program accepts separate arguments for > query, and other needs single argument, is the program > design. > > Programmer decided to accept any follow up arguments, that is why you > can split it and feed it. > > While in other program only single argument is accepted. > > That is why it is not good generalizing function for different > programs. > > It is maybe better to generalize one function, but have it branch to > different other functions for different programs. Yup, that's how it works.