From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Robert J. Chassell" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: filesets Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:15:50 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <87r6josich.fsf@catnip.gol.com> Reply-To: bob@rattlesnake.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1192991369 30530 80.91.229.12 (21 Oct 2007 18:29:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:29:29 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 21 20:29:28 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 1IjfYD-0004ZP-Qz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:29:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IjfY6-0001y5-2u for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:29:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IjfXU-0001eX-0d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:28:40 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IjfXS-0001dH-Au for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:28:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IjfXR-0001d8-Rw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:28:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IjfTr-0001Fa-OF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:24:55 -0400 Original-Received: from cpe-69-204-164-144.nycap.res.rr.com ([69.204.164.144] helo=rattlesnake.com) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IjdW4-00059N-D6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:19:04 -0400 Original-Received: by rattlesnake.com via sendmail from stdin id (Debian Smail3.2.0.115) Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:15:50 +0000 (UTC) In-reply-to: <87r6josich.fsf@catnip.gol.com> (message from Miles Bader on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 22:33:18 +0900) X-detected-kernel: by mx20.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:81385 Archived-At: Given the pervasiveness of lists in lisp, I don't think "files-list" _is_ particularly more helpful, and it's certainly more ugly. Yes, it is more ugly. Moreover, you are right, when a word is plural, assume it refers to a list. What do yo think of my other suggestion, which is to drop the word `fileset' in documentation where the reference is to a list, as in `vc-svn-diff'? ;; emacs/lisp/vc-svn.el (defun vc-svn-diff (files &optional oldvers newvers buffer) "Get a difference report using SVN between two revisions of fileset FILES." ... -- Robert J. Chassell GnuPG Key ID: 004B4AC8 bob@rattlesnake.com bob@gnu.org http://www.rattlesnake.com http://www.teak.cc