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Re: Allow specifying services as symbols?
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Chong Yidong |
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Re: Allow specifying services as symbols? |
Date: |
Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:10:34 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
>>>> As more of a philosophical objection than anything, t is a symbol.
>>> Hmm, good catch. So's nil.
>> True. Perhaps this isn't a good idea after all. It's just come more
>> than a few times over the years that people are using 'nntp instead of
>> "nntp" and 'imap instead of "imap" and not understanding why they're
>> getting errors.
>
> Maybe signalling a clear error would be a better choice.
True enough, but
(make-network-process :service 'http)
does seem a bit more elispy than
(make-network-process :service "http")
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