From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: find.el --- Build a valid find(1) command with sexps Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:53:46 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87k5ji3jd6.fsf@shellarchive.co.uk> <7dbe73ed0804011417k33abed71xde9e3bb631862fd7@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1207104841 23919 80.91.229.12 (2 Apr 2008 02:54:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 02:54:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: nntp@shellarchive.co.uk, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Mathias Dahl" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 02 04:54:32 2008 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 4.50) id 1Jgt7P-0003mD-Ou for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:54:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jgt6n-0000bJ-Lf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:53:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jgt6k-0000b4-2a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:53:50 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jgt6i-0000ak-Kl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:53:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jgt6i-0000ah-EI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:53:48 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jgt6i-0000yy-6A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:53:48 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1Jgt6g-0002pc-FL; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:53:46 -0400 In-reply-to: <7dbe73ed0804011417k33abed71xde9e3bb631862fd7@mail.gmail.com> (mathias.dahl@gmail.com) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:94163 Archived-At: > Also, I think that it should be a function rather than a macro. > (That would require explicitly quoting the arguments.) Could some explain to a lisp beginner like me what the benefit is? The macro version seems easier to use as you don't have to quote the arguments - to me that seems like a good thing. A function is better because (1) you can compute the arguments, and (2) in general it is better to avoid using macros when they are not really needed.