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RE: [PATCH] timer-list -> list-timers?
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Drew Adams |
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RE: [PATCH] timer-list -> list-timers? |
Date: |
Wed, 20 Sep 2017 10:49:06 -0700 (PDT) |
> LI> I guess I was just adhering to the `<package>-function' naming
> LI> convention. I'm all for renaming it to `list-timers'.
>
> That kind of bugs me about `M-x list-packages' etc. (there's a whole
> bunch of them, like `list-holidays' and so on). Is there any rule about
> when to make an exception to the `<package>-function' naming convention?
> If not, should there be one?
It is a bad idea, in general, to use "list" as a verb in function
etc. names in Emacs Lisp. Typically, a verb such as "show" or
"display" does the job, with little or no ambiguity.
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- Re: [PATCH] timer-list -> list-timers?, Ted Zlatanov, 2017/09/21
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- Re: [PATCH] timer-list -> list-timers?, Mark Oteiza, 2017/09/20
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- RE: [PATCH] timer-list -> list-timers?,
Drew Adams <=
- Re: [PATCH] timer-list -> list-timers?, Richard Stallman, 2017/09/21