From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: `file-attribute' accessors Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:58:52 +0200 Message-ID: <87y5q3ua37.fsf@gnuvola.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1334055668 3063 80.91.229.3 (10 Apr 2012 11:01:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:01:08 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 10 13:01:07 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1SHYot-0005nw-K3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:01:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43412 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SHYot-0001eq-3A for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:01:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:36732) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SHYol-0001ek-8u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:01:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SHYoX-0008Sr-NT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:00:58 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp206.alice.it ([82.57.200.102]:39759) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SHYoX-0008SY-C6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:00:45 -0400 Original-Received: from ambire (79.51.75.227) by smtp206.alice.it (8.6.023.02) id 4F1836AD09A30EA0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:00:43 +0200 Original-Received: from ttn by ambire with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SHYmj-0000xv-T2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:58:53 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:47:41 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 82.57.200.102 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:149560 Archived-At: () Stefan Monnier () Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:47:41 -0400 Yes, that is a bit annoying, although it does correspond to "classic" Elisp naming. I personally prefer Scheme style "file-attribute->size". In any case the container is not a single attribute but a set, so to be excruciatingly correct, the name ought to be =E2=80=98file-attributes-si= ze=E2=80=99 (or =E2=80=98file-attributes->size=E2=80=99), which is even less pleasant. = :-/