Re: please use ?\u2014 instead of the unicode character inbuff-menu.el

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Drew Adams wrote:
> > > I don't think this a real life problem that is worth making
> > > the code less readable over.
> > I agree. There are more simple solutions.
>
>
> Please explain why 1) is more readable than 2):
>
> 1) ;; Use U+2014 (EM DASH) to underline if possible, else U+002D
> (HYPHEN-MINUS)
>    (if (char-displayable-p ?-) ?- ?-)))
>
> 2) (if (char-displayable-p ?\u2014) ?\u2014 ?-)))


I have no good comment on that except that I find both unreadable ;-)

2 needs a comment too in my opinion. But this is a very clear way to 
describe the problem I believe this began with.

I tend to agree with you that 2 is more easy to understand (with a comment).