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Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources
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Clément Pit-Claudel |
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Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources |
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Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:31:58 -0400 |
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On 31/10/2018 15.29, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Cc: address@hidden From: Clément Pit-Claudel
>> <address@hidden> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:21:05 -0400
>>
>> But something can also be called "destructuring" if it's used *for*
>> destructuring: a "swimming pool" is not a pool that swims, it's a
>> pool that's used for swimming. I think of "destructuring" in
>> "destructuring pattern" as a gerund, not a present participle:<we
>> have "shopping lists" and "shaving cream", so why not
>> "destructuring patterns"? :)
>
> They are a kind of jargon. Try to explain that to a Martian. Or
> even to a non-native English speakers.
You're talking to one :)
> Anyway, I think this argument is futile.
OK, apologies.
- Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources, (continued)
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- Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources, Clément Pit-Claudel, 2018/10/31
- Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/10/31
- Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources, Clément Pit-Claudel, 2018/10/31
- Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/10/31
- Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources, Yuri Khan, 2018/10/31
- Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/10/31
- Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources, Dmitry Gutov, 2018/10/31
- Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources, Clément Pit-Claudel, 2018/10/31
- Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/10/31
- Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources,
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- Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/10/31
- Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources, Dmitry Gutov, 2018/10/31
- Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources, Garreau\, Alexandre, 2018/10/31
- Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources, Stefan Monnier, 2018/10/31
- Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources, Dmitry Gutov, 2018/10/31
- Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources, Garreau\, Alexandre, 2018/10/31
- Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources, Garreau\, Alexandre, 2018/10/29
- Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/10/30
- Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources, Stefan Monnier, 2018/10/30
- Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/10/30