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From: | Davin Pearson |
Subject: | Re: Special Event: Davin reveals his own personal additions to Emacs. |
Date: | Thu, 14 Jul 2022 14:30:04 +1200 |
> I use debugging checkpoints every second line
> so the following code cannot be written:
>
> (defun foo ()
> (progn
> (progn
> (zip)
> (message "&apple:1")
> (zap)
> (message "&apple:2")
> (boo)
> (message "&apple:3")
> (bum)
> (message "&apple:4"))))
I do use separate lines for closing parens every once in a while, don't
get me wrong. It's just an exception rather than a rule.
[ Note also that inserting/removing such `message` needs to be different
for the last element in any case because it determines the return
value. ]
>> importantly:
>> - should use `with-current-buffer`.
>
> is that instead of (set-buffer buf)?
If you compile the code, the byte-compiler will give you a warning
suggesting to replace with-current-buffer for save-excursion + set-buffer.
>> - should not `setq` on a global variable that doesn't have an appropriate
>> namespace prefix.
>>
> Do you mean the following is not allowed:
>
> (setq apple 'banana)
>
> but the following code is allowed:
>
> (setq dmp-apple 'banana)
Neither are recommended without first declaring that global variable
(since that's what it is: a global variable).
And global declarations need to use a proper namespace prefix.
Otherwise you're at risk of stepping on someone else's toes/variables.
Stefan
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