From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Keep region active after command Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 10:16:49 +0900 Message-ID: <87wrkvtshq.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <87hbbzvexj.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1298164630 967 80.91.229.12 (20 Feb 2011 01:17:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 01:17:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , Emacs-Devel devel , Stefan Monnier , Fabian Ezequiel Gallina To: Lennart Borgman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 20 02:17:02 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pqxv4-00051S-NC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:17:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56188 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Pqxv4-0000p4-8A for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:17:02 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=59459 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Pqxuz-0000oz-3M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:16:58 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pqxuw-0006R9-0Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:16:56 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp12.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.74]:52985) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pqxuv-0006R2-N9; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:16:53 -0500 Original-Received: from 218.231.234.87.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.234.87] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp12.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) (envelope-from ) id 1Pqxus-0004m9-GJ; Sun, 20 Feb 2011 10:16:50 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id BB029DFA0; Sun, 20 Feb 2011 10:16:49 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: (Lennart Borgman's message of "Sat, 19 Feb 2011 23:36:05 +0100") Original-Lines: 16 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 203.216.5.74 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:136254 Archived-At: Lennart Borgman writes: >> No. =C2=A0Having a function that just sets a variable to nil is silly. > > ?? Please give an argument! Because the user may as well just write (setq foo nil)... If "foo" were obscure/weird, then maybe a set-to-nil function with a clearer name could be useful useful, but in this case the variable's meaning is quite clear. -miles --=20 Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real. [Iris Murdoch]