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: display-buffer-alist simplifications Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:14:52 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87mxgem09k.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4E22AE2B.5040806@gmx.at> <4E248102.6080904@gmx.at> <4E380918.3060806@gmx.at> <4E397611.5020603@gmx.at> <87oc037qwj.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <8762m9ytdi.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <8739hccjrv.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87r54vq7dx.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1312935677 26886 80.91.229.12 (10 Aug 2011 00:21:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:21:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: martin rudalics , Chong Yidong , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 10 02:21:13 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 1QqwXl-0001dx-GZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:21:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40690 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QqwXk-0006ok-JQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:21:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:44804) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QqwXe-0006js-Ps for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:21:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QqwXY-0007IX-DA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:21:01 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:46700) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QqwXW-0007GF-MO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:20:56 -0400 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 p7A0KjBN011323; Tue, 9 Aug 2011 20:20:46 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 589B3663E4; Tue, 9 Aug 2011 14:14:52 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87r54vq7dx.fsf@mail.jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:08:45 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV3944=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.2.0.9286 : core <3944> : streams <670234> : uri <930349> 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:143078 Archived-At: > I agree that SPECIFIER doesn't say that it's a function call. > Actually in logic, second part of the rule is called ACTION. In my world, none of the logics we use has such "actions", but I can definitely live with ACTION instead of RULE. > I'm worried about size, but with your design this problem could be later > mitigated with something like this in `display-buffer': > (let ((function (intern (format "display-buffer-%s" (car specifiers))))) > (if (functionp function) > (apply function args))) Yuck! Stefan