From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Is it possible for a macro to expand to nothing? Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:52:44 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87ljhwb2dx.fsf@galatea.local> <87ocmp7d81.fsf@galatea.local> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1259236434 31197 80.91.229.12 (26 Nov 2009 11:53:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:53:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: "Pascal J. Bourguignon" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 26 12:53:45 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NDcuu-0007hg-96 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:53:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47312 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NDcut-00016N-IC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:53:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NDcuL-00015x-W5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:53:10 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NDcuH-00013A-Bt for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:53:09 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60217 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NDcuH-000137-5U for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:53:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-yw0-f172.google.com ([209.85.211.172]:38978) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NDcuG-0003i1-SZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:53:04 -0500 Original-Received: by ywh2 with SMTP id 2so593341ywh.27 for ; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:53:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=eLaW0QrcaOovxiQ0T8WE6UScymVcBqTynElJawZHbpY=; b=xwKC6tYeKQX4LYt38DSSdt6U4gHfvNrMo5Gky68NBmzU3sGhDHxYvr4qM0QDjUQLB5 uRGM+K3YfTPZv2SGY8WEdDetVHugCzbdI8WmiombADft2AbOn6+ENA9IkBXV/Xo0dbV3 zmY/aLRnHtk/nhSbGC2KaMx39lXVHxhs0GG6U= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=V5QFqftPH+jQPwFIyGEi/jwllCEGe5tdVq4eESrjDaMz4AyLAyo4YXIe1zd4jObQB1 PTFly/8wjm3kreUhSSm0bjJ99lI2dDMpjzUpXAh/Wd/OK4pSu8K7Y3ctvKYzuS6wKuf3 OnQL1O8QCQRdSCHN7fwe7M7e5R3/xM1Dw3zq4= Original-Received: by 10.101.8.22 with SMTP id l22mr6189483ani.59.1259236384092; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:53:04 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87ocmp7d81.fsf@galatea.local> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:70143 Archived-At: On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote: > > It is a _style_ reason. =C2=A0A question of good taste. =C2=A0 The same r= eason > why you don't poop in your living room. =C2=A0 It would be bad style. Now it is much easier to understand. I had the impression you had a technical reason.