Re: display-buffer-alist simplifications

[Stefan Monnier]

> I agree that SPECIFIER doesn't say that it's a function call.
> Actually in logic, second part of the rule is called ACTION.

In my world, none of the logics we use has such "actions", but I can
definitely live with ACTION instead of RULE.

> I'm worried about size, but with your design this problem could be later
> mitigated with something like this in `display-buffer':

>   (let ((function (intern (format "display-buffer-%s" (car specifiers)))))
>     (if (functionp function)
>         (apply function args)))

Yuck!


        Stefan