From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#54802: OClosure: Make `interactive-form` a generic function Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 08:38:47 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87r161to4p.fsf@yahoo.com> <87v8vbrx4w.fsf@yahoo.com> <878rs7rus8.fsf@yahoo.com> <87fsmfq8dl.fsf@yahoo.com> <83wnfq1fzg.fsf@gnu.org> <83v8v5vdey.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="20377"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: luangruo@yahoo.com, 54802@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 19 14:40:34 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ngn9l-00057d-Qe for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 19 Apr 2022 14:40:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42080 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ngn9k-00083I-Is for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 19 Apr 2022 08:40:32 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:56030) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ngn9H-000811-Td for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Apr 2022 08:40:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:48046) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ngn9G-0008Aq-Ot for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Apr 2022 08:40:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ngn9G-0001f5-Jl for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Apr 2022 08:40:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 12:40:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 54802 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 54802-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B54802.16503719426313 (code B ref 54802); Tue, 19 Apr 2022 12:40:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 54802) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Apr 2022 12:39:02 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41942 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ngn8I-0001da-9Q for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 19 Apr 2022 08:39:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:57710) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ngn8G-0001dG-UV for 54802@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 19 Apr 2022 08:39:01 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id EF6D68005E; Tue, 19 Apr 2022 08:38:54 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 2418D805B9; Tue, 19 Apr 2022 08:38:49 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1650371929; bh=2Kp9WDJt9CMGD5/126hyTb6K0BcoIrhG3k9tWYqrgHE=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=C98mD7BJZ4nuZL3Xsjv1fBNpz0LAt49etY0FvL7mBPKaSK0Q2nCV65S2hMlWrDoEW bYcmMAouKxyFehKe0RzLENCgKaTyUs3T4RxGYKbcs8viAuBkHwnXNRj1Vv3A0f/JBk luifW9SHXaBv8BQeI+/xOe2ovvZp0xW5Kz5DWXV7gcb1n0aLrXqWaR0JsWH83lD8yk sDbhY2fI6EORCq20rqeZ9xYh0k37g5gZryhLl1dCOZO5PDqemi+Ar1zMNmVp4KcKs+ zpB7cfzxdP5GRb2poRCHBp/nbi4Zvcdb1oGGOb4LJ6+O+Sy8TUX87ajg93S9c9RgYL 8Oa1T4+kL4h7A== Original-Received: from pastel (unknown [45.72.221.51]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E8EEC120164; Tue, 19 Apr 2022 08:38:48 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <83v8v5vdey.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Tue, 19 Apr 2022 08:40:37 +0300") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:230234 Archived-At: > I'm sorry, but I think the cleanest fix is too much to pay for a minor > feature such as this one. I don't see much price to pay here. Am I the only here who finds that defining `interactive-form` as an ELisp generic function is, in itself, a good idea (not good enough to do it without a good reason, but something I put on the side of "advantages" rather than "defects" when assessing my patch)? > Can't you find a less intrusive way of fixing these issues, one that > doesn't affect all of Emacs for the benefit of one or two packages of > minor importance? Not sure what you mean by "affect all of Emacs". It affects a well-delimited (and small) part of the code. `interactive-form` is a rather simple function with a well understood semantics. Are you worried about introducing bugs, about the performance impact, or something else? Stefan