From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "Gerd Möllmann" <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com>
Cc: "emacs-devel@gnu.org" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : CL packages landed
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2022 20:13:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <SJ0PR10MB5488A48723940EA9CDEC2A35F32D9@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <FF450ACA-5E0B-4182-AE81-5D8E6A1E27FF@gmail.com>
> > Now we should figure out a good way to disambiguate
> > the use of the word "package", for our docs etc.,
> > to help users understand that this and the Emacs
> > "package" system are completely different species.
>
> I call them symbol-packages if in doubt.
Sure. But a simpler name might be useful. And folks
might anyway end up calling them "packages" - e.g.,
when they _think_ what's meant isn't in doubt.
"Obarray" was an obscure word, but it had the upside
of being one of a kind - unambiguous.
___
(I hear a whispered "snobarray", for symbol-name
obarray. No, I'm not serious.)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-10-21 20:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-10-21 4:47 CL packages landed Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-21 5:35 ` Po Lu
2022-10-21 6:42 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-10-21 6:48 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-21 6:55 ` Po Lu
2022-10-21 6:58 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-21 7:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-21 8:01 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-21 10:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-21 10:49 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-21 13:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-10-21 14:01 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-22 9:40 ` Michael Albinus
2022-10-22 10:20 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-22 15:09 ` Michael Albinus
2022-10-22 15:45 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-22 10:24 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-10-22 15:06 ` Michael Albinus
2022-10-21 6:50 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-21 7:42 ` Andrea Corallo
2022-10-21 7:57 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-21 15:06 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-10-21 17:21 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-21 20:13 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2022-10-22 10:56 ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-10-22 12:13 ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-23 19:14 ` Richard Stallman
2022-10-24 4:17 ` Gerd Möllmann
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2022-10-21 15:24 [External] : " Payas Relekar
2022-10-21 20:13 ` Drew Adams
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