Re: Do shorthands break basic tooling (tags, grep, etc)? (was Re: Shorthands have landed on master)

[João Távora]

>   > The second use-case, and the one I think will prove to be FAR
>   > more common if this goes ahead, is this: Some people simply want
>   > to read and write shorter symbol names in their code.
>
> I would not object to making rules about naming or usage conventions
> for the shorter names, in the second use-case.
>
> We can't follow those conventions for the first use-case.  They would
> not work.  But it is ok to treat the two use-cases differently.

Note that the two cases are related. The very reason why libraries like
s.el, dash.el and f.el appeared and blossomed in popularity is, in
no small part, that "people simply want to read and write shorter names
in their code".

It's perfectly legitimate not to desire this individually, but it is misguided
to try to forbid others from achieving this desire.

Rather, sensible rules should be drafted and tooling should be developed
that can protect both viewpoints.

João Távora