From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "wilnerthomas@tutanota.com" <wilnerthomas@tutanota.com>,
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: "'Help-Gnu-Emacs (help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org)'" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : Re: Function that changes value of a variable
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2022 13:47:47 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <SJ0PR10MB5488C4F9BF7E4F324B57C6F3F36E9@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <N9yS2Ty--3-2@tutanota.com>
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> (defun constrain (variable min-n max-n)
> (cond
> ((< (symbol-value variable) min-n)
> (set variable min-n))
> ((> (symbol-value variable) max-n)
> (set variable max-n))
> ((eq (symbol-value variable) t)
> (set variable 1))
> ((eq (symbol-value variable) nil)
> (set variable 0))))
1. Evaluate the initial value just once - bind
a local variable.
2. Make obvious to readers that the function
always sets the var (if numberp, t, or nil)
- put the `set' on the outside.
(defun constrain (variable min-n max-n)
(let ((val (symbol-value variable)))
(when (or (numberp val) (memq val '(nil t)))
(set variable (if (numberp val)
(if (< val min-n)
min-n
(min max-n val))
(if val 1 0))))))
3. Your function doesn't change the value, if
if not a number, t, or nil. Is that what
you really want? If not:
(defun constrain (variable min-n max-n)
(let ((val (symbol-value variable)))
(unless (or (numberp val) (memq val '(nil t)))
(error "Oops?! `%s' is %S" variable val))
(set variable (if (numberp val)
(if (< val min-n)
min-n
(min max-n val))
(if val 1 0)))))
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2022-08-21 0:54 Function that changes value of a variable wilnerthomas--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-08-21 2:04 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
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2022-08-22 14:21 ` Drew Adams
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