From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Jan 18 18:50:03 2012 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Jan 2012 23:50:03 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34844 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RnfGU-00017Z-PF for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:50:03 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:43013) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RnfGS-000176-At for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:50:01 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RnfFK-00046N-Hx for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:48:51 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]:39656) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RnfFK-00046J-Ej for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:48:50 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:53394) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RnfFJ-0004Ao-IG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:48:50 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RnfFI-00045w-EV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:48:49 -0500 Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com ([141.146.126.227]:32185) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RnfFI-00045r-88 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:48:48 -0500 Received: from ucsinet21.oracle.com (ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93]) by acsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.4/Switch-3.4.4) with ESMTP id q0INmjPX022523 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:48:46 GMT Received: from acsmt357.oracle.com (acsmt357.oracle.com [141.146.40.157]) by ucsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q0INmirX020950 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:48:45 GMT Received: from abhmt107.oracle.com (abhmt107.oracle.com [141.146.116.59]) by acsmt357.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id q0INmi2q025440 for ; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:48:44 -0600 Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.194) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:48:44 -0800 From: "Drew Adams" To: Subject: 24.0.92; doc of `history-length' Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:48:43 -0800 Message-ID: <135AFF1F7DC1475CA2415422DB477571@us.oracle.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AczWO7Xi+XujKA+2Tv+BIEuuMEmjDg== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-Source-IP: ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93] X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090202.4F175A5F.0025,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.17 X-Spam-Score: -4.2 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -4.2 (----) First, this var should really have `max' in its name. As a general rule, numeric limit vars should have `max' or `min' in the name. As far as the doc goes, the most important thing is missing. One can pretty much guess that this value limits the length of history lists, but the question is which history-list entries are dropped: the oldest or the new ones? Does the list stay the same, with new values rejected, or do new ones replace the oldest ones? Or do new ones replace the next-newest ones? Why make users guess or experiment? And for the doc string the info is also missing about which history lists are affected: "those that don't specify their own maximum lengths" (to quote the Elisp manual). In GNU Emacs 24.0.92.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2012-01-16 on MARVIN Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600 configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.6) --no-opt --cflags -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.8/include -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.8/src -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libpng-dev_1.4.3-1/include -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/zlib-dev_1.2.5-2/include -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/giflib-4.1.4-1/include -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/jpeg-6b-4/include -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/tiff-3.8.2-1/include -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/gnutls-3.0.9/include --ldflags -LD:/devel/emacs/libs/gnutls-3.0.9/lib' From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Jan 27 22:05:40 2012 Received: (at 10550) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Jan 2012 03:05:40 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47208 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Rqybk-0008Nc-3Q for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:05:40 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:36787 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Rqybh-0008NR-Kl for 10550@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:05:38 -0500 Received: from bb121-7-229-168.singnet.com.sg ([121.7.229.168]:38599 helo=furball) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rqyb1-0004Mp-GW; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:04:56 -0500 From: Chong Yidong To: "Drew Adams" Subject: Re: bug#10550: 24.0.92; doc of `history-length' References: <135AFF1F7DC1475CA2415422DB477571@us.oracle.com> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:04:48 +0800 In-Reply-To: <135AFF1F7DC1475CA2415422DB477571@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:48:43 -0800") Message-ID: <87ty3gmsrz.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: -4.2 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 10550 Cc: 10550@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -4.2 (----) "Drew Adams" writes: > As far as the doc goes, the most important thing is missing. One can > pretty much guess that this value limits the length of history lists, > but the question is which history-list entries are dropped: the oldest > or the new ones? Does the list stay the same, with new values rejected, > or do new ones replace the oldest ones? Or do new ones replace the > next-newest ones? Why make users guess or experiment? > > And for the doc string the info is also missing about which history > lists are affected: "those that don't specify their own maximum lengths" > (to quote the Elisp manual). OK, I edited it to make it extra super double plus obvious. 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