From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: scroll-down with pixel transition Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 13:15:48 -0400 Message-ID: References: <693E1D44-797B-4B0D-9D0B-6FEB6DF32531@misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp> <83lgqze7mq.fsf@gnu.org> <20170419.212155.180931830.tkk@misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp> <83a87ccv8s.fsf@gnu.org> <834lxkcssf.fsf@gnu.org> <834lxib7jy.fsf@gnu.org> <83inlwri5p.fsf@gnu.org> <1f3ae5d7-1a6b-7428-9ac8-4c729bb3c556@yandex.ru> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1493227043 582 195.159.176.226 (26 Apr 2017 17:17:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 17:17:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dmitry Gutov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 26 19:17:19 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1d3QZ5-0008Vx-Gd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Apr 2017 19:17:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56335 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d3QZB-0004yp-Bs for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Apr 2017 13:17:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45821) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d3QXk-00046E-MF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Apr 2017 13:15:57 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d3QXj-0001gw-QB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Apr 2017 13:15:56 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:58024) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d3QXc-0001cF-Rz; Wed, 26 Apr 2017 13:15:48 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1d3QXc-0006no-4O; Wed, 26 Apr 2017 13:15:48 -0400 In-reply-to: <1f3ae5d7-1a6b-7428-9ac8-4c729bb3c556@yandex.ru> (message from Dmitry Gutov on Tue, 25 Apr 2017 23:06:45 +0300) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:214315 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > Perhaps we shouldn't do that. That sort of thing was a good idea > > back when it was important to economize on symbols. Nowadays, > > why not make a second variable to specify the further information? > It often simplifies code. You cl-case (or pcase) on one variable, > instead of several. For a user interface, the cleanness of the interface is more important than that little detail. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org) Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.