From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Post-22.1 development? Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:57:34 +0900 Organization: NEC Electronics Message-ID: References: <878xb05ras.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <200706101559.l5AFxBFb006829@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <86fy4yg62v.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <466ED07F.9000002@gnu.org> <85fy4wx1tb.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87ejkgkakm.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <85ps3zvgmj.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87ejkfbosz.fsf@jbms.ath.cx> <86sl8v6oup.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1181804293 7923 80.91.229.12 (14 Jun 2007 06:58:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 06:58:13 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 14 08:58:12 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HyjHY-00024d-6V for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 08:58:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HyjHX-0007Zn-Pi for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:58:11 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HyjHQ-0007Y7-UZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:58:04 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HyjHO-0007XC-BM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:58:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HyjHO-0007X6-6n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:58:02 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HyjHN-0001qN-Mh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:58:01 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1HyjH9-00084Z-QE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 08:57:48 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 08:57:47 +0200 Original-Received: from miles.bader by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 08:57:47 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 22 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: fencepost.gnu.org System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop Cancel-Lock: sha1:/EcNCPtfuG88EEOYPh5QiUSJxSU= X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:72831 Archived-At: David Kastrup writes: > Well, it is not as much an interface rather than exposed internals. > There is no reason, for example, that one needs to write > > (let ((process-environment (copy-sequence process-environment))) > (setenv ... > ) Well, nobody actually writes that though. People write: (let ((process-environment (cons ... process-environment))) ...) Which is a documented interface, is very convenient, and works pretty well. -Miles -- `There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.'