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: frame-local variables weirdness Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:24:37 -0400 Message-ID: References: <858x65lh4m.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <2bfd4e060710171029g30a62313naf31c5363d85d6ca@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1192976697 20317 80.91.229.12 (21 Oct 2007 14:24:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:24:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: lekktu@gmail.com, stephen@xemacs.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 21 16:24:57 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Ijbjb-00010u-C2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:24:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IjbjT-0006WJ-NP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:24:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IjbjQ-0006TK-5x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:24:44 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IjbjO-0006Qh-OT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:24:43 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IjbjO-0006QU-Hy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:24:42 -0400 Original-Received: from h209-71-201-81.gtconnect.net ([209.71.201.81] helo=ceviche.home) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IjbjK-00050y-Lp; Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:24:40 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 14C1FB41C1; Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:24:37 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sun\, 21 Oct 2007 03\:25\:50 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:81367 Archived-At: > Could you expand on what you think makes it cleaner? > The specifier approach requires new functions just to look at or > set the value in the current binding. You mean you have to use `specifier-set' and `specifier-value' instead of `set' and `symbol-value'? Well, yes. Doesn't seem like a big deal to me. > It also has the big limitation that all references to the value must be > specially written to access a specifier. Right, just like right now they're specifically written to access a variable. > For these reasons I have decided not to go that way. Too bad, Stefan