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: Recognize mbox files? Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:39:03 +0900 Message-ID: References: <1234884467.428644.9675.nullmailer@beryx.hq.kred> <87bpt0qvad.fsf@xemacs.org> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1234928371 25519 80.91.229.12 (18 Feb 2009 03:39:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:39:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, cyd@stupidchicken.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, xma@gnu.org, ams@gnu.org, Stefan Monnier To: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 18 04:40:45 2009 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 1LZdIj-0005W3-0J for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:40:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33310 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LZdHO-0006bU-Jh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:39:22 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LZdHJ-0006bB-BM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:39:17 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LZdHG-0006an-VH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:39:16 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58274 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LZdHG-0006ak-PW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:39:14 -0500 Original-Received: from tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.206]:57262) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LZdHC-0006mo-9G; Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:39:10 -0500 Original-Received: from relay21.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.50]) by tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id n1I3cqsj004017; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:39:04 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay21.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.20] [10.29.19.20]) by relay21.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:39:04 +0900 Original-Received: from dhlpc061 ([10.114.112.240] [10.114.112.240]) by relay21.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:39:04 +0900 Original-Received: by dhlpc061 (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 1A25652E301; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:39:04 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <87bpt0qvad.fsf@xemacs.org> (Stephen J. Turnbull's message of "Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:27:22 +0900") Original-Lines: 17 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) 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:109163 Archived-At: "Stephen J. Turnbull" writes: > > > What is wrong with using real local variables? > > Nothing. The main issue is that you may not want to use the > -*- stuff -*- hack since you do not want to touch the From_ line. I see no reason _not_ to use the From_ line... it rarely contains anything particularly valuable (other than the "From_" prefix which marks it as a separator), and since its syntax isn't well-defined, any information that _is_ there is only ever used for human perusal -- and appending a -*- variable doesn't cause problems for humans. -Miles -- Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.