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Re: Emacs Modular Configuration: the preferable way.


From: tomas
Subject: Re: Emacs Modular Configuration: the preferable way.
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2021 16:11:48 +0200
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On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 12:45:49PM +0000, Philip Kaludercic wrote:
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

[...]

> > Why are you using 'format' where expand-file-name should be used?
> 
> Does it really make a difference in a personal configuration, especially
> when you don't use Windows or other non /-delimiting systems?

Of course, the OP can do what (s)he wants at home, but once the
code ends up in public, as above, such a hint as Eli's is invaluable.

If you want to see what happens otherwise, have a look at PHP.

The language itself has evolved a lot since its beginnings (to
the better, IMO). But you still see extremely bad habits "out
there" which wouldn't be necessary these days -- because, well,
they are "out there" (for example: assebling SQL queries with
sprintf [1]). They take a life of their own :-)

Cheers
[1] https://xkcd.com/327/
 - t

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