From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EFC9429E26 for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:23:20 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.7 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] autolearn=disabled Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 5rRgwAWSe7cg for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:23:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-6.mit.edu (DMZ-MAILSEC-SCANNER-6.MIT.EDU [18.7.68.35]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6F25429E25 for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:23:19 -0800 (PST) X-AuditID: 12074423-b7f9c6d0000008c3-b1-4ee670c7f1bc Received: from mailhub-auth-4.mit.edu ( [18.7.62.39]) by dmz-mailsec-scanner-6.mit.edu (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id 1C.88.02243.7C076EE4; Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:23:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (OUTGOING-AUTH.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.103]) by mailhub-auth-4.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id pBCLNJAQ023053; Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:23:19 -0500 Received: from awakening.csail.mit.edu (awakening.csail.mit.edu [18.26.4.91]) (authenticated bits=0) (User authenticated as amdragon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id pBCLNIYx028650 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:23:18 -0500 (EST) Received: from amthrax by awakening.csail.mit.edu with local (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1RaDMh-00068z-Vx; Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:24:52 -0500 Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:24:51 -0500 From: Austin Clements To: Jani Nikula Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] emacs: support "notmuch new" as a notmuch-poll-script Message-ID: <20111212212451.GU2760@mit.edu> References: <1323640100-18326-1-git-send-email-jani@nikula.org> <1323723004-32605-1-git-send-email-jani@nikula.org> <87liqhbjgu.fsf@gmail.com> <87r509wl20.fsf@nikula.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87r509wl20.fsf@nikula.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFupmleLIzCtJLcpLzFFi42IRYrdT1z1e8MzPYPVaWYurW/vZLZqmO1tc vzmT2YHZY+esu+wet+6/Zvd4tuoWcwBzFJdNSmpOZllqkb5dAldGQ/NjloKVHBXL73xka2A8 yNbFyMkhIWAisfXFPXYIW0ziwr31QHEuDiGBfYwS855tZ4JwNgA5f36wQzgnmST6/t+Dyixh lJhwcDtzFyMHB4uAqsTX2XUgo9gENCS27V/OCGKLCChKbD65H8xmFvCSmPDpFBOILSzgK3Hw x16w1bwC2hJb/r5nBbHBtj16rwARF5Q4OfMJC0SvlsSNfy+ZQFYxC0hLLP/HAWJyAq3q6gsG qRAVUJGYcnIb2wRGoVlImmchaZ6F0LyAkXkVo2xKbpVubmJmTnFqsm5xcmJeXmqRrplebmaJ XmpK6SZGcJi7KO9g/HNQ6RCjAAejEg9vRshTPyHWxLLiytxDjJIcTEqivN/yn/kJ8SXlp1Rm JBZnxBeV5qQWH2KU4GBWEuGNdQPK8aYkVlalFuXDpKQ5WJTEeet3PfQTEkhPLEnNTk0tSC2C ycpwcChJ8B4DGSpYlJqeWpGWmVOCkGbi4AQZzgM0/AFIDW9xQWJucWY6RP4Uo6KUOK9VClBC ACSRUZoH1wtLQ68YxYFeEeY1BKniAaYwuO5XQIOZgAbHpTwBGVySiJCSamD06vz6eopx0qqt peHLvnTGhoSxSU6T29U+b2rnovJ5B7g+rQqZqHRatd3i094FGzaV3b6Tx7bwke9vkSmpZ5jn Lbwg3rhEPFqmjqPHS1YsesuF+Ao28/lSOhfW6Vw9Pne/AjtrX5XypLR9fYd/9Xu+Kbh9dbvN 2tWbWLo2vNnxdE6zi4RODvc6JZbijERDLeai4kQAMORouR4DAAA= Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:23:20 -0000 Quoth Jani Nikula on Dec 12 at 11:13 pm: > On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:53:05 +0400, Dmitry Kurochkin wrote: > > On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:50:04 +0200, Jani Nikula wrote: > > > +If set to nil (the default), new mail is processed by invoking > > > +\"notmuch new\". Otherwise, this should be set to a string that > > > +gives the name of an external script that processes new mail. If > > > +set to the empty string, no command will be run. > > > > I think this should be "an empty string". But I may be mistaking. > > Shameless copy paste from a native speaker, who am I to argue? :) > Austin? Either way is grammatically correct. Really, this is a philosophical question. Can two empty strings have different identities? Or is there only one empty string in the universe? (eq "" "") => t (eq "" (string)) => t (eq "" (make-string 0 ?a)) => t (eq "" (substring "a" 1)) => t It would appear Elisp is squarely in the "there is one empty string" camp, so "the empty string" would be more correct.