From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?B?7KGw7ISx67mI?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Add some aliases for re-related functions Date: Mon, 4 May 2020 00:00:18 +0900 Message-ID: References: <7976B8C1-AFC7-4662-B750-6492EB70C0D5@gmail.com> <20200502192908.GD6832@ACM> <20200502210912.GE6832@ACM> <20200503094342.GA5721@ACM> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 13.4 \(3608.80.23.2.2\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="116482"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Philippe Vaucher , Yuan Fu , Emacs developers To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun May 03 17:01:11 2020 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 1jVG7D-000UE9-0C for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 03 May 2020 17:01:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36228 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jVG7C-0003ZF-2D for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 03 May 2020 11:01:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:45388) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jVG6V-0002cO-42 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 May 2020 11:00:27 -0400 Original-Received: from pv50p00im-ztdg10021201.me.com ([17.58.6.45]:49814) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jVG6T-00052p-ME for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 May 2020 11:00:26 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=icloud.com; s=1a1hai; t=1588518024; bh=GMbU2e438keTDH5VO7B/tgKsL1exRiGZzmEsBr08xqk=; h=Content-Type:Subject:From:Date:Message-Id:To; b=QBzKeb2PKhbZnnCqRvqOJZidisjNdfLiN/3We3srfyPaoslLMhR5MpP9NV/H+mj9W W5gB/5OYK526ESI5dcnkc1iNdIN/o9MY8PWEpNuBRfTDtmiueuT62vMqev/X2luE89 c1By0J4g+5PvRrzHzYL1YQTOFztQRw/ba3taePKQxLHsxAz4yVXswwVz19cEZ6YvdW 4PxqM/P93W5oGV8RMgS5UM1RRYshGEqU9De2D+z3ZuqMgcBoT8Zf+aKKUiKgN8wzqW lxctrGiGel3rlOfqGVp5OwO5UVgfgLNbNs859i7upaGLk4CE945f4EoJNUbt52ngXU uh91M6717Jfkw== Original-Received: from [192.168.0.2] (unknown [1.230.108.64]) by pv50p00im-ztdg10021201.me.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8371EA4040B; Sun, 3 May 2020 15:00:21 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <20200503094342.GA5721@ACM> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3608.80.23.2.2) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:6.0.138, 18.0.676 definitions=2020-05-03_09:2020-05-01, 2020-05-03 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1015 mlxscore=0 mlxlogscore=650 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-2002250000 definitions=main-2005030136 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=17.58.6.45; envelope-from=pcr910303@icloud.com; helo=pv50p00im-ztdg10021201.me.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/05/03 11:00:24 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 3.11 and newer 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, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT=0.25, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, FROM_EXCESS_BASE64=0.979, KHOP_DYNAMIC=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_PASS=-0.001, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001 autolearn=_AUTOLEARN X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:248698 Archived-At: Alan Mackenzie 작성: > It seems to me entirely possible that > somebody decided they wanted to rename Emacs functions, and came up with > a justification for it, rather than the other way around. Very interesting, it seems to me that there’s plenty of evidence that people want a more consistent API, but people who already ‘know’ the function names are coming up with (IMHO weak) justifications to not ‘switch’.