From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: fun-names.el --- avoid function duplication Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 22:32:50 -0400 Message-ID: References: <8734nvgv5o.fsf@dataswamp.org> <87bk2fcz52.fsf@dataswamp.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="8379"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Emanuel Berg Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 01 04:33:39 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1sZLdK-00020b-LC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 01 Aug 2024 04:33:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sZLcm-0003vW-JC; Wed, 31 Jul 2024 22:33:04 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sZLce-0003uu-33 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Jul 2024 22:32:58 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sZLcc-0006yh-Ev; Wed, 31 Jul 2024 22:32:54 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=Date:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: mime-version; bh=js/LCGeT4M5stkdZoLl+QT0mr5dtZIxzuIl4BEr/gJg=; b=MsyYPjI48tSg 6FM9b3vtMa11KRCsJQ0I4a4jMCEQj19UWFJv43HPg1CY0+BVT+Yjs2GwzCj8juznsmZpHJDKRKFlM 35sGrwhb5FaLWhk6c2jgDr2E69U647LxRYU700boF//oB8MmY/AKNzMh+RWfg7lQDoJKHh5HE3aDv XIovpqzDPPhAzRwaIjWltvIEZ7tPWtRvhIMUTC3tbb3pTcQMmsmrz5WxQHadsQigjWzb4ijQPGHiY I3WmSp4SIuwKT4C54xigAyBHx550EqWuSz3EB1Nj5qGlTcsvlBsfN+9AgW2ICeehMijlDwLj2neIZ WxpMuULHFSuGdD70iChOmw==; Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sZLcY-0000MY-K3; Wed, 31 Jul 2024 22:32:50 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87bk2fcz52.fsf@dataswamp.org> (message from Emanuel Berg on Tue, 30 Jul 2024 05:55:05 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:322238 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. ]]] > > I suggest considering variables as well as functions, and > > renaming the command to "related-names" or something > > like that. > Variables are planned for ... here is the most recent version: Since the point is to see what related names are already in use, I suggest always searching ALL the various namespaces that could be pertinent to making a good choice of a new name. So if you're looking for a new name, whether it is for a function or a variable or a custom group or something else, you would like to know about functions and variables and custom groups. -- Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org) Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org) Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)