Re: doc-view support for bookmark.el

[Stefan Monnier]

>>>> cleanest thing would probably be an association list:
>>>> 
>>>> '((buffer BUFFER) (point POINT))
>>>> 
>> 
>>> If you decide to change this, please use a plist, as in
>> 
>>> '(:buffer BUFFER :point POINT ...)
>> 
>> Why?

> Alists certainly are more generally useful and versatile, but for this
> kind of values, I find plists + keywords much simpler to use and
> understand than alists.

> E.g. it's trivial to make such a value:

>      (list :buffer (current-buffer) :point (point))

> However, if you decide an alist is better, shouldn't it be:

>  '((buffer . BUFFER) (point . POINT))

> using conses rather than lists as values ?

Yes, but the lists here are generated by Lisp code, not hard-coded, so
the extra " . " and the extra parentheses don't matter.

I consider plists to be an unfortunate accident in Lisp's life.


        Stefan