From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Andryshak Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: string> missing? Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2015 12:50:47 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87oakxkvqw.fsf@petton.fr> <83zj4grgkc.fsf@gnu.org> <87sia8n8b5.fsf@petton.fr> <87zj4gu821.fsf@gnu.org> <83sia8rdkm.fsf@gnu.org> <83pp5crbfd.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1433350283 4118 80.91.229.3 (3 Jun 2015 16:51:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 16:51:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: nicolas@petton.fr, emacs-devel@gnu.org, tsdh@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 03 18:51:15 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Z0BsZ-0000JL-O0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Jun 2015 18:50:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36718 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z0BsY-0000Dj-Lg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Jun 2015 12:50:58 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42444) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z0BsT-0000DO-Kk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Jun 2015 12:50:54 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z0BsP-0004x6-8F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Jun 2015 12:50:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-vn0-x233.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400c:c0f::233]:37241) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z0BsP-0004wq-4i; Wed, 03 Jun 2015 12:50:49 -0400 Original-Received: by vnbg62 with SMTP id g62so1895823vnb.4; Wed, 03 Jun 2015 09:50:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=references:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:date:message-id :mime-version:content-type; bh=qq+xO2WN1emWKJmDn9SHESgkLB1ppQJ0MdmdSjiCS0I=; b=QkMjDnUqaitfk0SOlMZ4DIeImH+UdIZASntNHlEgtBHrZJMt7bVOmfns4E1P/gbQBz gmisQ+bx30E1LeF50mXA5uGvGl+bueMu0J0sKPYeV8Wf7d9WS2Nxm3gQAgMSqPXirQhd 5LHtrm+FLG9VW5hX1YVXW4LYvpq1yaec0pSt4+wUa0Mu5z6PS2tJguG3zYsZVpK/0K5R 9HUh7pZmdcn48dH3O9bkBNHUODk2cRQmoCdmtChtwe8gWhJjbaDhjaitRYOlc8crUvEB CqUpL22BSQ+iI02D5z6Bs/pm12RrgRxhyZczaUvoqVTFc/e9msEIJfAJ+Nd7jOCtYvqh oZDw== X-Received: by 10.52.170.237 with SMTP id ap13mr48412503vdc.5.1433350248541; Wed, 03 Jun 2015 09:50:48 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from NAND-LT ([47.19.134.82]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id ew5sm1366840vdc.10.2015.06.03.09.50.47 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 03 Jun 2015 09:50:48 -0700 (PDT) In-reply-to: <83pp5crbfd.fsf@gnu.org> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400c:c0f::233 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:186994 Archived-At: >> > That's just the tip of the iceberg. We have quite a few of other >> > similar situations in Emacs Lisp. >> >> I don't think adding in a few small functions to satisfy some >> inconsistencies makes the rest of that iceberg very menacing. > > I see no reason to be "consistent" here. There's no requirement to > have in Emacs all possible inequality functions, just for consistency. > > Now, if there are good reasons to add specifically this function, > let's hear them. "Consistency" isn't such a reason, because then we'd > need to add gobs of other functions for similar "consistency" reasons. What good reasons are there specifically to keep the '>' function? What does '(> A B)' do that '(< B A)' doesn't? - Nick