From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Wiegley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Small docstring improvements Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 17:24:42 -0700 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1471652735 10678 195.159.176.226 (20 Aug 2016 00:25:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2016 00:25:35 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.130014 (Ma Gnus v0.14) Emacs/25.1 (darwin) Cc: Philipp Stephani , Emacs developers To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 20 02:25:31 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bau6M-0002QR-MZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Aug 2016 02:25:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59425 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bau6M-0003CD-MG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Aug 2016 20:25:30 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39080) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bau5k-0003Br-6I for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Aug 2016 20:24:53 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bau5g-0000UR-0M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Aug 2016 20:24:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pf0-x22c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c00::22c]:35770) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bau5f-0000UN-OU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Aug 2016 20:24:47 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-pf0-x22c.google.com with SMTP id x72so13817313pfd.2 for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2016 17:24:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:date:message-id:references :user-agent:mail-followup-to:mime-version; bh=v3IbTQ+xbi0vZ8VOyTK/i9cczCb8MzuYSuTYhj98mYU=; b=Stoakt1piuy+Z2EU3X+2/XfO0yvKSNqD6l4Si46tzrqHfSbFZfZhXAPYcRMuRh9jdr DJyd8MPL2uRk51fiG6yfUBMAhfTIyODcef5pSKOgLIoBhcNCdEREXCWOytF/+wA/G4PA gbs/mcbEKodCZxCCMY5EY90wUji+YCSqdfnrH4KkbGwveimSazLlNTPjRR6iMJ01YLkQ ZigqOlvVabuYjNZdV5DZqgW/UufiQhv7s8D1uGXfbqEPGZlAi2eAuTRTs+au3Udf/1GI 53EeHCY4am9He3WyD+Gt3S1Og4xnLa2rR5L5E9GSVGu6kx+Gt3gj1OnPqZJ+PMSR68CL C/hQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:date:message-id :references:user-agent:mail-followup-to:mime-version; bh=v3IbTQ+xbi0vZ8VOyTK/i9cczCb8MzuYSuTYhj98mYU=; b=XOUH5NdZARLheO1HT0kap/4QODeGB26oJ9MHO8IxHP6QlHYb2C8bmE32ZHCcdTOu0F 9k3bedZvEi9HuEMKv2LnZmJW7vvZJopVlx0kPlBhgFY3xCzyq9HRspHJ9UjTeTxYBMQt cF+PLrtntVNLdT3d3RtT95ERXLSoCx8aF+lO+EOAS+m1uS0EYZExvst1nyzX5vu8GCsq tQIep7xWlLkM/G1i/DalZ3efLh5Wh9QDGs8AFPZCikk+awcKlqLkaTDI7uGxSfle5bay n6qjRJCm9M4TkOqz3BxZ+4utNpVOjDpJhnZgWHS5/dxVZMNkiZt/ZdY4E+0z4Pa86gyh Tx9g== X-Gm-Message-State: AEkoousAgSvSZ0EuNTIfZy7HSlbvcmPgkOkR72wsTaB9FGhFwSQql4woCnVTEHWqcBGerw== X-Received: by 10.98.64.93 with SMTP id n90mr19304873pfa.29.1471652686896; Fri, 19 Aug 2016 17:24:46 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from Vulcan.local (76-234-69-149.lightspeed.frokca.sbcglobal.net. [76.234.69.149]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id p67sm9183721pfg.22.2016.08.19.17.24.45 (version=TLS1 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 19 Aug 2016 17:24:45 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by Vulcan.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id 21F5A205DB8E; Fri, 19 Aug 2016 17:24:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Fri, 19 Aug 2016 15:04:07 -0700 (PDT)") Mail-Followup-To: Drew Adams , Philipp Stephani , Emacs developers X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c00::22c X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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:206693 Archived-At: >>>>> Drew Adams writes: > FWIW, I disagree. I have no problem with a parameter having > different uses and different types (buffer position, string, nil). We agree to disagree. Semantic overloading like this I consider anathema. -- John Wiegley GPG fingerprint = 4710 CF98 AF9B 327B B80F http://newartisans.com 60E1 46C4 BD1A 7AC1 4BA2