From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Tiny change to find-tag-default. Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 01:06:31 +0200 Message-ID: References: <44C21773.20709@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1154128104 19770 80.91.229.2 (28 Jul 2006 23:08:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 23:08:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: martin rudalics , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 29 01:08:23 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G6bRM-0006z2-CH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Jul 2006 01:08:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G6bRL-00026V-PO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:08:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G6bRA-00025i-Kd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:08:08 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G6bR9-00024g-Vy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:08:08 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G6bR9-00024V-NV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:08:07 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.237] (helo=pfepc.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1G6bTE-0005XZ-9r; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:10:16 -0400 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (0x503e2644.bynxx3.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk [80.62.38.68]) by pfepc.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id D889C8A0027; Sat, 29 Jul 2006 01:08:05 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sun, 23 Jul 2006 13:34:18 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:57761 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > Wouldn't it make sense to rewrite the rest of `find-tag-default' too? > In its current version it unnecessarily clobbers `match-data', requires > a `condition-case' to handle errors in `forward-sexp', and has other > tedious things like repeated forward-charing and re-searching. > > That isn't a core part of the system, so I see no need to reject this. I don't see any real benefit from "fixing" find-tag-default at this stage (since it isn't broken). IMO, we should leave it alone for now, and "fix" it after the release. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk