From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Josh Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: anaphora in emacs-lisp? Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 16:18:25 -0700 Message-ID: References: <87lhqyg1yr.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b414a8e8d220c05004ea9dc X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1407712755 27687 80.91.229.3 (10 Aug 2014 23:19:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 23:19:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Nic Ferrier , emacs-devel To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 11 01:19:10 2014 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 1XGcOL-0002l6-8K for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Aug 2014 01:19:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:32996 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XGcOK-00062X-8s for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 10 Aug 2014 19:19:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47126) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XGcOC-00060i-O8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Aug 2014 19:19:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XGcO8-0006TM-9P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Aug 2014 19:19:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-oi0-f52.google.com ([209.85.218.52]:58274) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XGcO8-0006TE-4e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Aug 2014 19:18:56 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-oi0-f52.google.com with SMTP id h136so5117228oig.11 for ; Sun, 10 Aug 2014 16:18:55 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=lmjsYsY/4iCyJZAcDeOmIZvIjJuPOa1I95u6sKMO6X8=; b=m07r6hgWYrHUdhhUsBSDnuaAMPsWiiorSGPdzonnRa30cXtfMXiwntWomirGcwv6KZ LtTOsT1oZbMX16F0Kn2QXVCz1e+ES4bX8sAXDZ2fbuT5taHJ4j8bc7KMrGg0hRjmMaCv cE9Q0u0ZK2qUulIce4qAMz6KsoOMU8wztmXFyUPrlT5m1GqAR0QIz/mmYTJiycoCUTaI hZcAAoitYo8R2BXxtHPOlyobf28dGAEAXPCXOhiVlW56wSZGLH1sQfpkSguJ0YrofiQL MHdWfSniYsZaHe6X6LCz67ZjO/yZyLpNcvNd4AWFQ5/VnHs4BIiBh9016dylrk9T/NqP ZV/A== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQn7BGeJOogesrzLL5V6rU46Sj+XryXW4ypeAnp9151nwclpJBqHAvyHJeJvcqgh1wfWc0AG X-Received: by 10.60.121.99 with SMTP id lj3mr46920806oeb.44.1407712735595; Sun, 10 Aug 2014 16:18:55 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.202.74.84 with HTTP; Sun, 10 Aug 2014 16:18:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: Z5HZFciI77POG3lo4tKdgWKMt70 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.85.218.52 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:173552 Archived-At: --047d7b414a8e8d220c05004ea9dc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Richard Stallman wrote: > Is there any objection to us adding anaphora to EmacsLisp? > > Concretely, what feature are you proposing? > It sounds like Nic is proposing something much like what I did last year[0], for much the same reasons. Though AFAIK Emacs currently ships with only two anaphoric macros, namely `ibuffer-aif' and `ibuffer-awhen', others such as `acond' would also be welcome additions to elisp proper. These macros and others are discussed in more detail here[1]. [0] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2013-07/msg00480.html [1] dunsmor.com/lisp/onlisp/onlisp_18.html --047d7b414a8e8d220c05004ea9dc Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 10:2= 4 AM, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Is there any objection to us adding anaphora to EmacsLisp?

Concretely, what feature are you proposing?

It sounds = like Nic is proposing something much like what I did last
year[0], for m= uch the same reasons.=C2=A0 Though AFAIK Emacs currently
ships with only two anaphoric macros, namely `ibuffer-aif' and
`ibuf= fer-awhen', others such as `acond' would also be welcome
additio= ns to elisp proper.=C2=A0 These macros and others are discussed in
more= detail here[1].

[0] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2013-07/ms= g00480.html
[1] dunsmor.com/lisp/onlisp/onlisp_18.html

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