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Re: [PATCH] Re: package.el changes before the feature freeze
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Chong Yidong |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] Re: package.el changes before the feature freeze |
Date: |
Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:32:34 +0800 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2.50 (gnu/linux) |
> All those make me wonder: do we need the `name' slot to be symbol?
> Why not let it be a string?
Using symbols for package names makes sense conceptually, since a
package name is often the same as the package's library prefix
(e.g. debbugs) or a particular command provided by the library
(e.g. nhexl-mode). So you'd practically never want to use a package
name that isn't also a good symbol name. Also, it lets package.el uses
assq rather than assoc in several places, which is always nice.
- [PATCH] Re: package.el changes before the feature freeze, Daniel Hackney, 2012/10/03
- Re: [PATCH] Re: package.el changes before the feature freeze, Chong Yidong, 2012/10/04
- Re: [PATCH] Re: package.el changes before the feature freeze, Daniel Hackney, 2012/10/05
- Re: [PATCH] Re: package.el changes before the feature freeze, Stefan Monnier, 2012/10/05
- Re: [PATCH] Re: package.el changes before the feature freeze,
Chong Yidong <=
- Re: [PATCH] Re: package.el changes before the feature freeze, Daniel Hackney, 2012/10/08
- Re: [PATCH] Re: package.el changes before the feature freeze, Stefan Monnier, 2012/10/08
- Re: [PATCH] Re: package.el changes before the feature freeze, Daniel Hackney, 2012/10/08
- Re: [PATCH] Re: package.el changes before the feature freeze, Stefan Monnier, 2012/10/09
- Re: [PATCH] Re: package.el changes before the feature freeze, Daniel Hackney, 2012/10/09
- Re: [PATCH] Re: package.el changes before the feature freeze, Stefan Monnier, 2012/10/09
- Re: [PATCH] Re: package.el changes before the feature freeze, Daniel Hackney, 2012/10/09
- Re: [PATCH] Re: package.el changes before the feature freeze, Glenn Morris, 2012/10/09
- Re: [PATCH] Re: package.el changes before the feature freeze, Chong Yidong, 2012/10/11