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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: tomas@tuxteam.de, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [ELPA] New package: transient
Date: Sat, 02 May 2020 09:59:08 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv4ksysau9.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83sggiu2p9.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 02 May 2020 12:05:22 +0300")

> If I may: your strategy is sub-optimal.  When looking for a function

FWIW, for me the problem is not to find the function but to remember
which permuation we chose for the one I'm thinking of.

Typical examples: is it `multibyte-string-p` or `string-multibyte-p`,
`file-name-absolute-p` or `absolute-file-name-p`, ... ?

The regexp functions mentioned elsewhere in this thread are another good
example, of course, and the lack of `looking-at` from the list they
mention is telling: the name `looking-at` prevents people from
discovering it.

Yes, we can try and improve completion, but we have a real underlying
problem of irregular naming and completion would just help us paper
over it.

We don't have to rename anything.  We can keep living with what
we have.  And we shouldn't rename the world either.  But I strongly
believe that we *should* try and rename a few things here and there
to slowly put more structure and order in our name space.
We will all benefit from it (unless we over do it, obviously).


        Stefan




  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-05-02 13:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 238+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-04-28 13:01 [ELPA] New package: transient Jonas Bernoulli
     [not found] ` <jwv4kt3d1r8.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
     [not found]   ` <87v9ljo5d0.fsf@bernoul.li>
     [not found]     ` <jwvh7x3bfoe.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
     [not found]       ` <87ftcnxu5m.fsf@bernoul.li>
2020-04-29  8:29         ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-04-29  9:26           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-29  9:50             ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-04-29 10:05               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-29 10:17                 ` tomas
2020-04-29 10:33                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-29 10:52                     ` tomas
2020-04-30 12:44                       ` Arthur Miller
2020-04-30 13:28                         ` tomas
2020-04-30 14:26                           ` Namespacing Emacs's core (was: [ELPA] New package: transient) Stefan Monnier
2020-04-30 15:08                             ` tomas
2020-04-30 18:23                             ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-04-30 18:56                               ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-04-30 19:02                                 ` tomas
2020-04-30  2:30                   ` [ELPA] New package: transient Richard Stallman
2020-05-01  2:49                     ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-01  6:33                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-02  2:24                         ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-02  7:04                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-02  8:09                             ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-05-02  9:05                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-02  9:19                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-02 10:11                                   ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-05-02 10:33                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-02 10:56                                       ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-05-02 10:59                                         ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-05-02 11:09                                         ` Use elisp--xref-backend in *Apropos* and *Help* (Was Re: [ELPA] New package: transient) João Távora
2020-05-02 14:03                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-03  2:08                                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-02 11:22                                         ` [ELPA] New package: transient Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-02 11:52                                           ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-05-02 12:08                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-02 12:09                                           ` 조성빈
2020-05-02 12:14                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-02 12:22                                               ` 조성빈
2020-05-02 12:54                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-02 17:33                                     ` Drew Adams
2020-05-04  3:07                                       ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-04 16:04                                         ` Drew Adams
2020-05-02  9:53                                 ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-05-02 10:39                                   ` João Távora
2020-05-02 11:10                                     ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-05-02 11:17                                       ` João Távora
2020-05-02 11:39                                         ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-05-02 12:02                                           ` João Távora
2020-05-02 12:11                                             ` 조성빈
2020-05-02 12:20                                               ` João Távora
2020-05-02 12:36                                                 ` 조성빈
2020-05-02 12:59                                                   ` João Távora
2020-05-02 13:02                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-02 13:12                                                     ` João Távora
2020-05-02 12:28                                               ` tomas
2020-05-02 12:22                                           ` tomas
2020-05-03  3:43                                           ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-03  4:24                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-04  3:08                                               ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-02 17:48                                         ` Drew Adams
2020-05-02 14:50                                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-02 14:57                                       ` João Távora
2020-05-02 17:42                                     ` Drew Adams
2020-05-02 10:54                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-02 11:47                                     ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-05-02 12:04                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-02 14:56                                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-02 15:37                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-02 15:51                                         ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-02 16:09                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-02 13:59                                 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2020-05-02 14:10                                   ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-05-02 14:12                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-02 14:26                                     ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-05-02 15:29                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-02 15:43                                         ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-05-02 16:05                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-02 16:12                                             ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-05-02 16:26                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-02 16:42                                                 ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-05-02 18:27                                       ` Drew Adams
2020-05-03  3:43                                       ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-03  7:47                                         ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-05-03 19:46                                           ` Drew Adams
2020-05-03 21:18                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-03 22:04                                               ` João Távora
2020-05-04  0:41                                               ` Drew Adams
2020-05-04  3:09                                           ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-02 16:48                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-02 17:17                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-02 18:10                                         ` 조성빈
2020-05-02 18:30                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-02 18:37                                             ` 조성빈
2020-05-02 18:45                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-02 19:12                                                 ` 조성빈
2020-05-02 19:44                                               ` Drew Adams
2020-05-02 18:32                                           ` Yuan Fu
2020-05-02 20:41                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-02 20:39                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-02 21:00                                           ` João Távora
2020-05-02 21:53                                             ` Drew Adams
2020-05-02 22:13                                               ` João Távora
2020-05-04  3:07                                             ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-02 21:27                                           ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-05-03 14:45                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-03 15:03                                             ` João Távora
2020-05-03 15:11                                               ` Joost Kremers
2020-05-03 15:28                                               ` C-h f and C-h v (was: [ELPA] New package: transient) Stefan Monnier
2020-05-03 17:41                                                 ` João Távora
2020-05-03 17:44                                                   ` João Távora
2020-05-03 16:21                                               ` [ELPA] New package: transient Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-03 15:17                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-03 16:32                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-03 21:13                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-04 13:52                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-04 15:14                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-04 15:55                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-04 18:41                                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-04 18:58                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-03 16:23                                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-03 16:47                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-03 17:04                                                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-03 17:29                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-03 17:42                                                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-03 18:58                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-04  0:04                                                         ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-03 19:49                                                       ` João Távora
2020-05-03 23:47                                                         ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-04  1:01                                                           ` João Távora
2020-05-04  1:28                                                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-04 18:05                                                               ` João Távora
2020-05-04 14:24                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-04 15:23                                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-04 16:00                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-04 17:31                                                               ` Drew Adams
2020-05-04  1:13                                                     ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2020-05-04 14:22                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-05  8:23                                                         ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2020-05-05 14:48                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-05 15:39                                                             ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2020-05-05 16:13                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-05 16:33                                                                 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2020-05-05 15:44                                                             ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2020-05-05 16:15                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-05 16:40                                                                 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2020-05-05  8:27                                                         ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2020-05-03 21:04                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-04 13:51                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-03 16:50                                               ` João Távora
2020-05-03 16:54                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-03 17:43                                                   ` João Távora
2020-05-04  3:08                                                 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-02 18:57                                       ` Drew Adams
2020-05-02 19:15                                         ` 조성빈
2020-05-02 19:59                                           ` Drew Adams
2020-05-02 20:47                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-02 14:22                                   ` João Távora
2020-04-29 13:12                 ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-04-29 13:42                   ` tomas
2020-04-29 13:50                     ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-04-29 17:03                       ` Robert Pluim
2020-04-29 19:25                         ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-04-29 17:51                       ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2020-04-29 19:24                         ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-04-29 13:53                     ` Stefan Kangas
2020-04-29 14:01                       ` tomas
2020-04-29 14:20                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-29 15:25                     ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-04-30 18:13                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-30 18:19                         ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-04-30 18:41                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-30 19:26                             ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-04-30 19:34                               ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-04-30 22:47                                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-30 22:20                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-01  3:13                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-01  3:15                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-01 15:36                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-01 16:05                                     ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-05-02  2:27                               ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-02  7:07                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-02  8:06                                 ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-05-02 17:08                                   ` Drew Adams
2020-04-30 19:31                             ` Stefan Monnier
2020-04-29 17:27                   ` Alan Mackenzie
2020-04-29 19:01                     ` tomas
2020-04-29 19:31                     ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-04-30 11:51                       ` Alan Mackenzie
2020-04-30 12:38                         ` tomas
2020-04-30 17:30                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-30 17:53                             ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-04-30 18:42                               ` tomas
2020-04-30 18:41                             ` tomas
2020-04-30 18:14                           ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-04-30 18:58                             ` tomas
2020-04-30 19:13                               ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-04-30 19:33                                 ` tomas
2020-04-30 20:54                                 ` Alan Mackenzie
2020-04-30 22:46                                   ` chad
2020-05-02  2:27                                     ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-01  8:23                                   ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-05-02  2:24                                   ` Richard Stallman
2020-04-30 22:04                               ` Keeping it kind Clément Pit-Claudel
2020-05-01  7:17                                 ` tomas
2020-05-01  8:31                                 ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-05-02  2:24                                   ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-02  2:27                                 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-01  2:51                       ` [ELPA] New package: transient Richard Stallman
2020-04-29 20:02                     ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2020-04-30  1:08                     ` Stefan Monnier
2020-04-29 13:19                 ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-04-29 14:28                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-29 14:51                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-30  2:28                   ` Richard Stallman
2020-04-29 13:32               ` Stefan Monnier
2020-04-29 13:43                 ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-04-29 14:17                 ` Yuan Fu
2020-04-29 14:19                   ` Yuan Fu
2020-04-30  2:28                   ` Richard Stallman
2020-04-29 15:31                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-29 15:48                   ` Stefan Monnier
2020-04-29 16:05                     ` Drew Adams
2020-05-01 17:38                 ` João Távora
2020-05-01 18:03                   ` Stefan Monnier
2020-04-30  2:30               ` Richard Stallman
2020-04-29 14:56           ` Drew Adams
2020-04-29 12:52         ` Adam Porter
2020-04-30  2:29 ` Richard Stallman
2020-04-30 10:50   ` Phil Sainty
2020-05-01  2:52     ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-01  5:36       ` Phil Sainty
2020-05-02  2:25         ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-02  2:30           ` T.V Raman
2020-05-01 10:40       ` Kévin Le Gouguec
2020-05-01 15:16         ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2020-05-02  2:24           ` Richard Stallman
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