From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] Refactor window-system configuration Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:15:58 -0500 Message-ID: References: <4b98eec4a5f68bfcd9233d5e7444de05873225b4.1325166472.git.dancol@dancol.org> <4EFCE9C4.8050908@dancol.org> <838vluv59t.fsf@gnu.org> <4EFD75C5.7050405@dancol.org> <83vcoytn4y.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1325325359 31859 80.91.229.12 (31 Dec 2011 09:55:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:55:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: dann@gnu.org, Daniel Colascione , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 31 10:55:55 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RgvfO-0007uc-Mi for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:55:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42268 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RgvfO-0003KJ-8k for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:55:54 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:46230) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RgvfI-000351-4p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:55:49 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RgvfH-0003Ai-7T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:55:48 -0500 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:52001) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RgvfH-0003Aa-4d; Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:55:47 -0500 Original-Received: from ceviche.home (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id pBV9tdxJ030231; Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:55:41 -0500 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id B88B7661D9; Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:15:58 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <83vcoytn4y.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:38:37 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0.5 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 2 Rules triggered DATE_IN_PAST_12_24=0.5, RV4087=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.2.0.9309 : core <4087> : streams <715371> : uri <1038015> X-NAI-Spam-Level: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 132.204.246.22 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:147080 Archived-At: >> On the other hand, using a fixed "dispatch header" --- i.e., one that >> contains a bunch of preprocessor branches and include directives --- >> forces us to create yet another place that has to know about all >> possible window systems. > I see nothing particularly complex about this, FWIW. We have our > share of such ifdefs already; bringing most of them to a single place > is better, not worse, than what we have now. Neither do I see anything particularly complex about his #include. I think we're arguing about the color of the bikeshed. Stefan