GNU bug report logs - #12215
CSET is unnecessarily confusing

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:14:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #16 received at 12215 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Dmitry Antipov <dmantipov <at> yandex.ru>, 12215 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12215: CSET is unnecessarily confusing
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:55:27 -0400

> Recent changes to Emacs have introduced code like the following:
>    CSET (XCHAR_TABLE (char_table), parent, parent);
> This is unnecessarily confusing.

An alternative to the umpteen macros/functions is to use

     CSET (XCHAR_TABLE (char_table), ->parent, parent);


-- Stefan
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