GNU bug report logs - #73404
30.0.50; [forward/kill/etc]-sexp commands do not behave as expected in tree-sitter modes

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Message #265 received at 73404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
Cc: Yuan Fu <casouri <at> gmail.com>, Theodor Thornhill <theo <at> thornhill.no>,
 Mickey Petersen <mickey <at> masteringemacs.org>, 73404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#73404: 30.0.50; [forward/kill/etc]-sexp commands do not
 behave as expected in tree-sitter modes
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2025 20:44:12 +0200

>>> Juri, please feel free to apply your symbol property patch. For the symbol
>>> property name, I feel that something like
>>> treesit-symbol-predicate/treesit-use-as-symbol-predicate would be more
>>> descriptive.
>> If we settle on the variant that keeps the current format with symbols,
>> wouldn't it better to keep a symbol property name shorter?
>> First I proposed 'treesit-predicate', but then realized it's wrong
>> since it's opposite to the predicate function.
>> 'treesit-thing' was better since it indicates that it's used in
>> 'treesit-thing-settings'.
>
> Is it too late to keep the current name, 'sexp-list'?

No, not late.  And it's too ugly.

> It it of course somewhat redundant, but not by much, and not needing an
> extra indirection is a plus on its own.

An extra indirection is needed in any case to avoid such ambiguity
in the future.

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