From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: RFC: String interpolation
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 15:10:03 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3r35ak3es.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ab263415-9c3a-6c2d-afd1-7e135a88355d@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Tue, 13 Dec 2016 16:07:10 -0800")
Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> writes:
>> I don't think you'd want to rewrite that to
>>
>> (message "The time is %d%" clock " in the %s%" part " bit of %s%" country)
>>
>> Or would you? (The final "%" is optional, of course.")
>
> Apparently some people prefer this style -- it's what started the
> thread, after all.
Well, no -- that's not the style that started the thread. :-)
What some people would like is something that looks like
(message "The time is $clock in the $part bit of $country")
which is very different visually and comprehension wise: You see pretty
much immediately what the result is going to look like by looking at the
source code, while that's not true for the interpolated version at the
time, which has a lot more visual noise.
But, as I've said, I have reservations (and no enthusiasm) about simple
string interpolation, and I have some doubts that the style at the top
will satisfy the craving for simple string interpolation.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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2016-12-08 1:13 RFC: String interpolation Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-12-08 8:27 ` Andreas Schwab
2016-12-08 8:38 ` Joost Kremers
2016-12-08 9:05 ` Philippe Vaucher
2016-12-08 18:25 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-12-08 9:02 ` Philippe Vaucher
2016-12-08 18:22 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-12-08 14:43 ` Joost Kremers
2016-12-08 18:37 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-12-08 20:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-12-09 8:57 ` Joost Kremers
2016-12-08 15:51 ` Drew Adams
2016-12-08 18:21 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-12-08 20:38 ` Richard Stallman
[not found] ` <<E1cF5SK-0000HO-EL@fencepost.gnu.org>
2016-12-08 22:04 ` Drew Adams
2016-12-08 19:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-12-08 19:31 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-12-08 21:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-12-10 16:01 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-12-09 19:19 ` Ted Zlatanov
2016-12-09 22:45 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-12-11 2:53 ` Ted Zlatanov
2016-12-11 18:46 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-12-11 18:56 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-12-11 19:34 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-12-11 17:38 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-12-11 17:53 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-12-10 14:11 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-12-10 14:25 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-12-10 15:39 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-12-10 15:49 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-12-10 16:01 ` Yuri Khan
2016-12-10 17:58 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-12-11 17:47 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-12-11 19:31 ` Yuri Khan
2016-12-11 20:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-12-11 9:35 ` Richard Stallman
2016-12-11 16:29 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-12-11 18:42 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-12-12 19:41 ` Richard Stallman
2016-12-11 18:41 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-12-11 21:05 ` Helmut Eller
2016-12-11 21:26 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-12-12 2:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-12-12 9:44 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-12-12 13:03 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-12-12 14:47 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-12-12 15:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-12-12 15:26 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-12-12 17:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-12-12 17:12 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-12-12 17:23 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-12-12 13:40 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-12-12 14:43 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-12-12 14:54 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-12-12 17:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-12-12 17:46 ` Paul Eggert
2016-12-12 18:33 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-12-12 19:51 ` Ted Zlatanov
2016-12-12 20:41 ` Paul Eggert
2016-12-12 23:40 ` Paul Eggert
2016-12-13 17:42 ` Richard Stallman
2016-12-13 18:05 ` Paul Eggert
2016-12-13 23:55 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-12-14 0:07 ` Paul Eggert
2016-12-14 0:10 ` John Wiegley
2016-12-14 0:14 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-12-14 0:17 ` Paul Eggert
2016-12-14 0:26 ` John Wiegley
2016-12-14 1:48 ` Drew Adams
2016-12-14 2:48 ` Elias Mårtenson
2016-12-14 3:33 ` Drew Adams
2016-12-14 3:52 ` Elias Mårtenson
2016-12-14 13:52 ` Lars Brinkhoff
2016-12-14 13:57 ` Lars Brinkhoff
2016-12-14 0:24 ` Drew Adams
2016-12-14 0:21 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-12-14 14:10 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2016-12-14 17:00 ` Richard Stallman
2016-12-12 19:43 ` Richard Stallman
2016-12-12 21:11 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-12-13 17:41 ` Richard Stallman
2016-12-13 17:43 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-12-14 17:01 ` Richard Stallman
2016-12-13 1:04 ` Ted Zlatanov
2016-12-12 16:39 ` Helmut Eller
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