From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Quote file name args to start-process-shell-command? Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:03:48 +0200 Message-ID: References: <452D54D8.7060705@student.lu.se> <452DDBC8.2060606@student.lu.se> <85y7rmou5t.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85d58xq3xd.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <858xjlq2x8.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1160766435 1587 80.91.229.2 (13 Oct 2006 19:07:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:07:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: stephen_leake@member.fsf.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se, schwab@suse.de Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 13 21:07:12 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 1GYSMj-0003EA-Pi for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:06:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GYSMj-0006ZU-7x for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:06:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GYSKC-0002l5-QW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:04:04 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GYSK7-0002ct-W0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:04:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GYSK7-0002cS-M7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:03:59 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.20] (helo=nitzan.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GYSSW-0005ks-0C; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:12:40 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-31-15.inter.net.il [80.230.31.15]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id EXK85901 (AUTH halo1); Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:03:44 +0200 (IST) Original-To: Stefan Monnier In-reply-to: (message from Stefan Monnier on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:16:11 -0400) 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:60723 Archived-At: > Cc: stephen_leake@member.fsf.org, dak@gnu.org, schwab@suse.de, > emacs-devel@gnu.org, lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se > From: Stefan Monnier > Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:16:11 -0400 > > >> > It is often convenient to build the arguments in separate groups; a > >> > single string would be awkward. > >> Is (mapconcat 'identity foo " ") really awkward? > > It's more awkward than just calling a function with a list. > > The question wasn't whether it more or less awkward, just whether it is > awkward. And I really don't think it is. And it has the invaluable > advantage of making it crystal clear what's happening. It's quite clear I cannot convince you no matter what I say, so let's just agree to disagree.