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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com>
Cc: "Jorgen Schäfer" <contact@jorgenschaefer.de>,
	emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] master b689b90: Package archives now have priorities.
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 09:11:01 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvvbk5h528.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAdUY-+6UQ6CtdXNNYbkJ4w6KyhYpwrx7Ump+42mxjngi+jPVQ@mail.gmail.com> (Artur Malabarba's message of "Sat, 17 Jan 2015 10:12:32 -0200")

> I also have a very tiny peeve here. Could we name this function
> `package--alist-append' or something like this?

> It's just that `add-to-alist' really reminds me of `add-to-list',
> which has a very different effect (the list variable is the first
> argument, it's referenced by name instead of value, and it's changed
> destructively).

FWIW, I had the same reaction (and since I really dislike add-to-list's
use "call by symbol", I actully went to double check what
package--add-to-alist did, fearing it made the same design mistake).


        Stefan



  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-01-17 14:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20150116102411.11014.8945@vcs.savannah.gnu.org>
     [not found] ` <E1YC44Z-0002sG-4a@vcs.savannah.gnu.org>
2015-01-16 19:10   ` [Emacs-diffs] master b689b90: Package archives now have priorities Glenn Morris
2015-01-16 19:33     ` Jorgen Schäfer
2015-01-16 20:09       ` Glenn Morris
2015-01-19 21:40       ` Glenn Morris
2015-01-20  9:03         ` Jorgen Schäfer
2015-01-20 15:26           ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-01-20 17:11             ` Jorgen Schäfer
2015-01-20 17:19               ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-01-21 20:06           ` Glenn Morris
2015-01-16 23:48   ` Artur Malabarba
2015-01-17 11:02     ` [Emacs-diffs] " Jorgen Schäfer
2015-01-17 12:12       ` Artur Malabarba
2015-01-17 12:27         ` Jorgen Schäfer
2015-01-17 14:11         ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2015-01-17 21:44           ` Stephen J. Turnbull

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