From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: coccinelle patch suggestion
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:45:53 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yxqipeczawe.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwv395g30vp.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:24:15 -0400")
Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:
>> And EXFUN just adds an unneeded level of obfuscation that doesn't help
>> code readability.
>
> I'm not sure the "plain" form is better, because of its length
> (especially if there are 3 args or more).
The only thing that matter is that the number of arguments matters
between the declaration an the function.
Why would anybody count the number of arguments?
There's no way to make mistakes in calling with the wrong number of
arguments, the compiler won't let you....
Adding strange constructs like EXFUN has not value...
prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-27 21:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-27 17:12 coccinelle patch suggestion Dan Nicolaescu
2012-06-27 21:03 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-06-28 0:06 ` John Wiegley
2012-06-28 12:39 ` Dmitry Antipov
2012-06-28 18:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-06-29 16:36 ` Tom Tromey
2012-07-02 18:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-07-02 19:05 ` Tom Tromey
2012-07-03 13:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-07-02 15:40 ` Samuel Bronson
2012-07-02 17:11 ` Tom Tromey
2012-06-27 21:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-06-27 21:45 ` Dan Nicolaescu [this message]
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