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Re: scroll-down with pixel transition


From: Dmitry Gutov
Subject: Re: scroll-down with pixel transition
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 23:06:45 +0300
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On 25.04.2017 22:40, Richard Stallman wrote:

   > As already explained, because such hungarian-style notation doesn't let
   > you change the variable's type without renaming it.

Perhaps we shouldn't do that.  That sort of thing was a good idea
back when it was important to economize on symbols.  Nowadays,
why not make a second variable to specify the further information?

It often simplifies code. You cl-case (or pcase) on one variable, instead of several.



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