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 90DCC429E26 for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:35:16 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.799 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.799 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, 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 kXvivVYXZ+uh for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:35:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-bw0-f53.google.com (mail-bw0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C29D8429E25 for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:35:15 -0800 (PST) Received: by bkat8 with SMTP id t8so6418550bka.26 for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:35:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date :message-id:mime-version:content-type; bh=QR7yn0RilxoOF00k3BaYHKwYircnTIU/yeF9EOA+qOU=; b=IXx63xVfSm3/GmpTECGugay11LdiWburBSMrbdmAEexdmDhDlTkFCN4P07XBaBKo43 hvBJjDJNgkL7DYP4bCJhkLKdBG0zRoCWE0onsZjcqyrkDShH6csdo/bA6NmgYTm+6lt5 rU3hh4NY7ut6IDZRosb2WmfMPPRU1Hn33Q2bY= Received: by 10.204.14.208 with SMTP id h16mr10732055bka.2.1323725714443; Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:35:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([91.144.186.21]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id cc2sm35338780bkb.8.2011.12.12.13.35.13 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:35:13 -0800 (PST) From: Dmitry Kurochkin To: Austin Clements , Jani Nikula Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] emacs: support "notmuch new" as a notmuch-poll-script In-Reply-To: <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> <20111212212451.GU2760@mit.edu> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.10.2+94~g948b41d (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/23.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:34:38 +0400 Message-ID: <87ipllbhjl.fsf@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 21:35:16 -0000 On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:24:51 -0500, Austin Clements wrote: > 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. Fine with me then :) Regards, Dmitry