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"system-process-attributes" function name
From: |
Miles Bader |
Subject: |
"system-process-attributes" function name |
Date: |
Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:40:06 +0900 |
I just noticed this new function (from a msg by Thierry Volpiatto), and
wonder -- why the funny prefix "system-"? It seems both misleading
(a "system process" is typically one that's running as root, and the
question that immediately comes to mind is "how do I get the attributes
of a user process?") and unnecessary.
Why not just call it `process-attributes', and accept either a pid or an
emacs process descriptor? That would be easy to implement, and would be
both more convenient and easier to find for programmers.
[I haven't looked at the other "system-process" functions, but
a similar comment might apply to them.]
-Miles
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- "system-process-attributes" function name,
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