From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [ELPA] New package: xr Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 08:54:18 -0500 Message-ID: References: <875zt5feys.fsf@web.de> <23E9F007-5B84-45C6-9933-5A1220058CAA@acm.org> <87o96xdup3.fsf@web.de> <99EEC0DC-3E76-4CC7-80D7-B6ADF480C818@acm.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="238658"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 01 15:00:02 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gzihk-000zqx-OC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Mar 2019 15:00:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38288 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gzihj-0004rN-Ng for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Mar 2019 08:59:59 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:33158) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gzid5-0000gE-Cb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Mar 2019 08:55:12 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gzid4-000751-O3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Mar 2019 08:55:11 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=57654 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gzid1-00073o-2C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Mar 2019 08:55:08 -0500 Original-Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gzicv-000tp3-Mu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Mar 2019 14:55:01 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Cancel-Lock: sha1:1/OtkYv3PtvG2pRobJ+yREDUpNU= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 195.159.176.226 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:233729 Archived-At: > > For readability in the worst case use case where an end-user/person > operates the patterns fewer than five times a year, year after year, > in an ETL scenario. While I personally prefer short forms, there is definitely something to be said for the longer forms. And you could argue that people who like it terse know where to find it. Stefan