From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Heime Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Actions using symbols Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2024 12:30:34 +0000 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="33308"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 02 14:31:17 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1sl6DE-0008Vq-Q1 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 02 Sep 2024 14:31:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sl6Cm-0004iT-Sm; Mon, 02 Sep 2024 08:30:48 -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 1sl6Ci-0004i0-6v for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Sep 2024 08:30:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-43167.protonmail.ch ([185.70.43.167]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sl6Ce-0008Tz-LE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Sep 2024 08:30:43 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1725280237; x=1725539437; bh=iyMYiWOYwK7VTaQAAzld9bVQw7iBz8oy/ZHqLiLN84I=; h=Date:To:From:Subject:Message-ID:Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date: Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID:Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=Axru3lUA1X8IaoPXQsgk48tQLr2jGs1ayCsUh5X3yDYQLz0Jhw1HnaCdqYW4LpujR +OmLWxN6lZqYRer5UZYxf1lOqgHMEnI9dKc4yE0IZoubohoPLxDkRU+XdhLa8vWueC CfP+NMl9uKvB8T//ZQhhA0Slo/04tX91oiPTfodA+UYwzvX+QLcLLqB3tE9L3p7KJd trSbFuxtPw50RXnS1euU3BeEFa1X5tu2QfnZjFUOI1Ie0524XoDljZyVsupr4c4Bz/ J/SAYbZ2DkmxneQvttpMta6Ao9HICUQd8OTiv4l/OwxixPeryO6Ws8LXF1gInMGeKt 48/tUfH4wndmQ== Feedback-ID: 57735886:user:proton X-Pm-Message-ID: da943bb7de348bcae4c5766ee3796575456eb2cb Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.43.167; envelope-from=heimeborgia@protonmail.com; helo=mail-43167.protonmail.ch X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_SAFE_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:147886 Archived-At: I customarily make symbols that I can check on as conditionals (defun myfunc (actn) (when (eq actn 'something) dothis) Would things go wrong should I start using function names as arguments For instance, myfunc would use a mapcar implementation when ACTN is 'mapcar and an apply-partially implementation when ACTN is 'apply-partially (defun myfunc (actn) (when (eq actn 'mapcar) dothis) (when (eq actn 'apply-partially) dothat)