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24.1.50; Weird names and unhelpful docstrings for some python function

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Message #29 received at 11899 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Fabián Ezequiel Gallina <fabian <at> anue.biz>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: Ivan Andrus <darthandrus <at> gmail.com>, 11899 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11899: 24.1.50; Weird names and unhelpful docstrings for
	some python function
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 10:22:15 -0300

On 07/13/2012 09:20 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>      If something:
>>          do_this()
>>          do_that()
>> If the pointer is at the start of the if statement, and the user issues
>> python-nav-forward-sentence he must be taken after the do_that() statement.
> That sounds like sexp-based navigation, then.
>
>> python-nav-{backward,forward}-sentence that would navigate blocks of code.
> I don't think "sentence" is a good word choice since there is no
> accepted meaning of a "sentence" in the context of python code (or code
> in general), AFAIK.
>
> If you want to bind these commands to the same keys as
> for/backward-sentence, that's fine, but better give them names related
> to what they do, rather than to to this key-mapping choice.
>
>
>          Stefan
I just pushed some new navigation commands with proper documentation and 
names. Also there's a specialized forward-sexp-function included.

All of this is included in revno 109105.


Regards,

-- 
Fabián E. Gallina
Co-Founder of Anue
Skype: caffeineGalli
http://www.anue.biz/

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