From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Deniz Dogan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: e and pi Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 02:04:56 +0200 Message-ID: References: <8739t9xpt2.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1284681938 28210 80.91.229.12 (17 Sep 2010 00:05:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:05:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 17 02:05:37 2010 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 1OwOSN-0006ig-Q9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Sep 2010 02:05:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36594 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OwOSM-0004VO-PR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:05:34 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=44986 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OwOSG-0004TI-92 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:05:29 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OwOSF-0003Tm-1K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:05:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-qy0-f169.google.com ([209.85.216.169]:47873) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OwOSE-0003Th-VS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:05:27 -0400 Original-Received: by qyk8 with SMTP id 8so167674qyk.0 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:05:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Y3QsvBY34SpNc5ndoNbsN6ux09l+mbNRpc0eEsH5QxQ=; b=tJhwvye5BWGYyUMcKYHxNVvUiVQx6OH1D0IBfCy5Tr4qxnL/kQmH1nnxXfbOfZHusY ZGN9FrrN7DGqjMGqgJ8aPp6eoHUfAaUxxxJrMm0vVgBXelLAr/kbM3hZ7kZSsE76o711 drlE+6doG1L5BYqJntq7gBiCxNpvnAtYDVLQw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Gp0BPodzwCChWLbwHUye0+7DwF2bjrn+7UldDBG+WmjwShbOd3QR56MEHVAI9yK/4Q FZD0gOFP7zG+llRz7961pk2M3uL9KCdol8Q//jcXro0+I5/zXAHzg6p0JDX1hkd6X98a G9hY4VZOY3QAU5+cOXC5bbtLcrYia+9TOtLMg= Original-Received: by 10.220.122.157 with SMTP id l29mr2181446vcr.169.1284681926357; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:05:26 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.220.202.70 with HTTP; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:04:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <8739t9xpt2.fsf@stupidchicken.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:130279 Archived-At: 2010/9/17 Chong Yidong : > Stefan Monnier writes: > >> So I intend to do the following: >> - in Emacs-23.3, define `e', `float-e', `pi', and `float-pi' and declare >> =A0 `e' and `pi' obsolete, but without a make-obsolete-variable >> =A0 (i.e. only in NEWS and in docstrings). >> - in Emacs-24 keep float-e and float-pi but get rid of `e' and `pi'. >> >> Can anyone think of a better solution? > > I don't like the idea of `float-e' and `float-pi'. > > What is the problem with dynamically scoping `e' and `pi'? =A0If it's onl= y > the compiler warning, we can give the compiler a whitelist of variables > not to complain about. > Possibly as a temporary solution, but if one heads down that road and finds out it will not work in the long run, it could be messy to "fix" later. --=20 Deniz Dogan