Re: string-map arg order

[Thien-Thi Nguyen]

   From: Alex Shinn <address@hidden>
   Date: 29 Aug 2001 21:11:00 -0400

   Thoughts?

warning!  pedantic-mode comment follows:

there has been much discussion over the years -- and a nice summary of
issues posted a couple months back, IIRC -- in this area (perhaps people
are tired by now ;-).  if you want to make progress, you have to break
(us) out of talk mode first.  i suggest writing up a webpage full of
links to previous discussion to effect a cut in the Viscious Circle.
this kind of research helps your understanding, too.

then, choose one of the (conflicting) goals already expounded that makes
sense to you *personally* (for some project you would be using this for)
and go about doing the design/implementation.  if in the course of
development you find a way to accomodate conflicting goals with a more
general approach, that would be sweet fruit indeed, but always remember
to keep the original client project happy.  be passionate and faithful.

at the end of your endeavor (patch in hand), you will have something
useful to someone and much more likely to provide a basis for further
learning and/or (re)design than all the discussion in the world.  real
code rules.

ok, C-u -1 M-x pedantic-mode...

thi