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: FIXME: When the reader is called in the minibuffer. Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 09:50:32 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87v9wn8xxq.fsf_-_@spensertruex.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="89916"; 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 Sun Jun 30 15:51:28 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 (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hhaEq-000NJx-E5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Jun 2019 15:51:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44834 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hhaEp-0005DP-Dl for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Jun 2019 09:51:27 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49051) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hhaEA-0005DB-PQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Jun 2019 09:50:49 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hhaE9-0002ga-TN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Jun 2019 09:50:46 -0400 Original-Received: from 195-159-176-226.customer.powertech.no ([195.159.176.226]:40702 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hhaE6-0002ZI-9e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Jun 2019 09:50:42 -0400 Original-Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hhaE2-000MRv-He for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Jun 2019 15:50:38 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Cancel-Lock: sha1:o5BeKPY/GkfOZ4eQ8p71IRo8sx8= 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: 2.1.23 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:238253 Archived-At: > I was fiddling with the reader when I found this: > > /* FIXME: ?! When is this used !? */ > return call1 (intern ("read-minibuffer"), > build_string ("Lisp expression: ")); > > This code is called when the reader is called from the minibuffer > *without a stream*, like this: Yes, that's the part I could figure out, indeed. But that still leaves open the question of whether this is ever used. IOW, what would break if we were to remove this case? > M-: > Eval: (read) RET > Lisp expression: ;; Insert elisp code here When was the last time you did that? And why did you do it this way rather than via (read-minibuffer "Foo: ")? Stefan