Re: table.el

[Stefan Monnier]

> "Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/address@hidden> writes:
> > For example, if the DEFAULT-VALUE parameter is nil but the
> > history is not, we should set DEFAULT-VALUE to the car of the
> > history and add (default <bla>) to the prompt.  Obviously
> > I haven't thought this through yet.
> 
> Actually I think that's one reason why the emacs C code [for reading
> buffer names] uses the `Prompt: (default foo) ' style, because it's
> easier to simply append '(default foo)' to an existing prompt than it is
> to parse the prompt and put the `(default foo)' in the "right place".

But if we can do it once and for all, we can afford to do it right
rather than doing it easy.


        Stefan