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Re: [Emacs-trunk-diffs] Changes to emacs/etc/NEWS
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Kim F. Storm |
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Re: [Emacs-trunk-diffs] Changes to emacs/etc/NEWS |
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Thu, 09 Dec 2004 10:17:53 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
> Well, to me when you replace 1 simple concept with 2 less powerful ones,
> those two concepts need to significantly simpler in order to make up for the
> conceptual cost of having 2 concepts rather than just one (and losing a bit
> of generality at the same time).
>
> In the present case I just don't even find any of your two "else" and
> "default" concepts to be noticeably simpler than mine.
>
> But it's your code,
>
I suggest we replace `t' with `default' to satisfy Richard, leaving
both nil and t free for future "enhancements" in case someone wants to
spend time on it.
BTW, is this interpretation of `t' new in 21.4 ?
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Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk