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RE: Predicate for true lists
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Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: Predicate for true lists |
Date: |
Sun, 21 Apr 2019 17:03:14 -0700 (PDT) |
> > 1. Wrt this proposed addition:
> >
> > +A @dfn{pure function} is a function which, in addition to having no
> > +side effects, always returns the same value for the same combination
> > +of arguments, regardless of external factors such as machine type.
> >
> > You might want to add something like this at the end:
> >
> > ", current time/date, or state of the system or
> > Emacs session."
> >
> > "Machine type" is not the first thing I'd think of in this
> > regard, and it doesn't emphasize current state in the context
> > of dynamic changes. The result does not depend on any state.
>
> Right. Would "machine type or system state" suffice? I think this
> covers time/date, etc.
Anything that mentions state (which could be _any_ state
available to Emacs - not just system state, if "system"
means OS) is better than no mention of state. Emacs
could read a sensor or get state from a process report or...
- Re: Predicate for true lists, (continued)
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- RE: Predicate for true lists, Drew Adams, 2019/04/10
- Re: Predicate for true lists, Basil L. Contovounesios, 2019/04/10
- Re: Predicate for true lists, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/04/10
- Re: Predicate for true lists, Basil L. Contovounesios, 2019/04/17
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- RE: Predicate for true lists, Drew Adams, 2019/04/17
- Re: Predicate for true lists, Basil L. Contovounesios, 2019/04/21
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