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Re: master baf1a7a4a0: Turn gv-synthetic-place into a function
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: master baf1a7a4a0: Turn gv-synthetic-place into a function |
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Fri, 23 Sep 2022 13:53:38 +0300 |
> From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
> Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 11:41:07 +0200
>
> > How about
> >
> > This macro evaluates FORM and stores its value in PLACE, ...
>
> We could also say (a bit more similar to the first sentence of the
> `setq' docstring):
>
> -- Macro: setf [gv val]...
> Set each place described by the generalized variable GV to its VAL.
> ...
Generalized variables don't "describe" places, they _are_ places.
Also, "set a place" has the same problem of conflicting with the
"usual" meaning of the word "place", so it's potentially confusing.
Replacing word by word due to an analogy doesn't always lead to clear
documentation, IME.
- Re: master baf1a7a4a0: Turn gv-synthetic-place into a function, (continued)
- Re: master baf1a7a4a0: Turn gv-synthetic-place into a function, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2022/09/23
- Re: master baf1a7a4a0: Turn gv-synthetic-place into a function, Yuri Khan, 2022/09/22
- Re: master baf1a7a4a0: Turn gv-synthetic-place into a function, Howard Melman, 2022/09/22
- Re: master baf1a7a4a0: Turn gv-synthetic-place into a function, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/09/22
- Re: master baf1a7a4a0: Turn gv-synthetic-place into a function, Howard Melman, 2022/09/23
- Re: master baf1a7a4a0: Turn gv-synthetic-place into a function, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/09/23
- Re: master baf1a7a4a0: Turn gv-synthetic-place into a function, Howard Melman, 2022/09/23
- Re: master baf1a7a4a0: Turn gv-synthetic-place into a function, Stefan Monnier, 2022/09/23
- Re: master baf1a7a4a0: Turn gv-synthetic-place into a function, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/09/23
- Re: master baf1a7a4a0: Turn gv-synthetic-place into a function, Michael Heerdegen, 2022/09/23
- Re: master baf1a7a4a0: Turn gv-synthetic-place into a function,
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- Re: master baf1a7a4a0: Turn gv-synthetic-place into a function, Michael Heerdegen, 2022/09/22
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