From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: PJ Weisberg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: buffer variable values Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:52:15 -0700 Message-ID: References: <1345879991873-262330.post@n5.nabble.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d04089307fce52d04c8125e24 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1345881148 32592 80.91.229.3 (25 Aug 2012 07:52:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 07:52:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" To: drain Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 25 09:52:28 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1T5BAR-0004xQ-VT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:52:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39679 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T5BAQ-0005Ni-6H for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 03:52:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:52989) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T5BAK-0005Na-UL for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 03:52:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T5BAJ-0007N9-Vh for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 03:52:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-lb0-f169.google.com ([209.85.217.169]:49078) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T5BAJ-0007N5-ND for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 03:52:19 -0400 Original-Received: by lbon3 with SMTP id n3so1586530lbo.0 for ; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:52:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=cS2UBVAxqYTZRhxrAsXE542+tTIhn+y/aaBmsaXEe/k=; b=Rgyrkau62ngjHNC8iFj26BZp6kW40GmIVfZpNF4mVaRjsq1CJwqDmmoL63zMzb4hQU boic1BAtNHADxiaQ83VJZMXwwzpSYvPMKeplfJ6xOEXzXeeq87ibN/fJNZrH/ZxP3VJb Egtyy1CFJXtUz1V8p0RjIuAdyQciPv10X4CBj49GFmZgoAlX7CN8lXSk6hMbZeRlqdhI g3fApCfBDonWsvQJMVRun7HBnQ5uB/XCNJH0pysP9610q8K4N/PpdZNDWPmi+tyv72No UbY2UfHiinCXFQDNTMVWRA7hmIstb4xy1t03E3CBf7/18gsbGzrCBDZHs0Aimfu5K6z2 t+Qg== Original-Received: by 10.152.113.68 with SMTP id iw4mr8195821lab.50.1345881135441; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:52:15 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.112.60.197 with HTTP; Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:52:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1345879991873-262330.post@n5.nabble.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 209.85.217.169 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:86502 Archived-At: --f46d04089307fce52d04c8125e24 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Saturday, August 25, 2012, drain wrote: > If this function did not read input from the user, the OR expression would > serve a purpose; since "buffer" could have been assigned an actual buffer > elsewhere in the body of a larger function (that insert-buffer had been > embedded into). Replace "embedded into" with "called by," and you've answered your own question. -- -PJ Gehm's Corollary to Clark's Law: Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. --f46d04089307fce52d04c8125e24 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Saturday, August 25, 2012, drain <aeuster@gmail.com> wrote:
> If this function did not read in= put from the user, the OR expression would
> serve a purpose; since &= quot;buffer" could have been assigned an actual buffer
> elsewhere in the body of a larger function (that insert-buffer had bee= n
> embedded into).

Replace "embedded into" with &qu= ot;called by," and you've answered your own question.

-- -PJ

Gehm's Corollary to Clark's Law: Any technology distingu= ishable from
magic is insufficiently advanced.
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