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: describe-variable with string arg Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:52:20 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1174695767 20247 80.91.229.12 (24 Mar 2007 00:22:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:22:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs-Devel To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 24 01:22:40 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 1HUu1n-00034B-1e for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Mar 2007 01:22:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HUu3k-00056K-6E for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:24:40 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HUu3D-0003sR-A6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:24:07 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HUu3B-0003qU-K6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:24:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HUu3B-0003pm-Fg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:24:05 -0500 Original-Received: from tomts20.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.74] helo=tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HUu1D-0004GO-Gr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:22:03 -0400 Original-Received: from ceviche.home ([70.55.83.113]) by tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20070324002201.MLCG1637.tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net@ceviche.home> for ; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:22:01 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 41702B5011; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:52:20 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Fri\, 23 Mar 2007 15\:37\:21 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.96 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Solaris 8 (1) 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:68446 Archived-At: > That would be friendlier to possible 3rd-party code that might generically > apply a function such as `describe-variable' to an arg that might be a > symbol name instead of a symbol. I see no reason to encourage sloppiness, Stefan