Re: rename STRING_SET_CHARS to STRING_SET_SIZE

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 12:29:11 -0400 Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote: 

>> Eli, anyone else, is it OK to do that renaming of STRING_SET_CHARS to
>> STRING_SET_SIZE? It's a small thing but annoys me :)

SM> That macro is only meant to change the number of chars in a string
SM> without changing the number of bytes, so the current name doesn't sound
SM> bad to me.

On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 19:24:28 +0300 Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote: 

EZ> It is called STRING_SET_CHARS because it sets the same member that
EZ> SCHARS returns.  And CHARS is actually correct, because the 'size'
EZ> member counts string characters (as opposed to bytes).  So I don't
EZ> think there's a problem with the name here, you just need ti get used
EZ> to thinking about it as 'chars', not 'size'.

All right, leaving this alone. Thanks for explaining.

Ted