From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: ?\_ patch Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2003 07:39:22 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200302061733.LAA24096@eel.dms.auburn.edu> <200302070253.UAA25703@eel.dms.auburn.edu> <200302070856.RAA00661@etlken.m17n.org> <5xk7gci39e.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <20030207140204.GA6530@gnu.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1044794278 9742 80.91.224.249 (9 Feb 2003 12:37:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 12:37:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: storm@cua.dk Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18hqia-0002Wy-00 for ; Sun, 09 Feb 2003 13:37:56 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18hqt6-0007kJ-00 for ; Sun, 09 Feb 2003 13:48:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18hqkP-0008JV-09 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sun, 09 Feb 2003 07:39:49 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18hqk3-00087e-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Feb 2003 07:39:27 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18hqk0-00085y-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Feb 2003 07:39:26 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18hqk0-00085s-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Feb 2003 07:39:24 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.10) id 18hqjy-0003ap-00; Sun, 09 Feb 2003 07:39:22 -0500 Original-To: Miles Bader In-reply-to: <20030207140204.GA6530@gnu.org> (message from Miles Bader on Fri, 7 Feb 2003 09:02:04 -0500) Original-cc: teirllm@dms.auburn.edu Original-cc: ted@oconnor.cx Original-cc: handa@m17n.org Original-cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:11514 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:11514 Morever, `#' is _good_ becaues it's the general lisp syntax for special syntax, so a lisp programmer will be much more likely to realize what's going on (if he's unfamiliar with this particular bit of syntax) if he sees #\SPC than if he sees ?SPC. ? is already our syntax for character constants; I see no reason for changing that.