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bug#61730: 30.0.50; Compiler warnings for delq and delete
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Michael Heerdegen |
Subject: |
bug#61730: 30.0.50; Compiler warnings for delq and delete |
Date: |
Fri, 24 Feb 2023 17:45:30 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) |
Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> writes:
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > Even though my-list is never used again in the program? How is this
> > better than "(setq _ ..."?
>
> This case is indeed a matter of personal style.
>
> If you modify some list and throw away the return value, the program is
> likely to refer to the place again, though, not necessarily in the same
> function.
Instead of "(setq _ ..." you could better use "(ignore ..." which would
also serve as a hint to the reader: "the return value is ignored
intentionally, this destructive operation is intended like it is in this
case". That would not be bad style IMO.
Michael.
- bug#61730: 30.0.50; Compiler warnings for delq and delete, Michael Heerdegen, 2023/02/23
- bug#61730: 30.0.50; Compiler warnings for delq and delete, Richard Stallman, 2023/02/23
- bug#61730: 30.0.50; Compiler warnings for delq and delete, Mattias Engdegård, 2023/02/24
- bug#61730: 30.0.50; Compiler warnings for delq and delete, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/02/24
- bug#61730: 30.0.50; Compiler warnings for delq and delete, Michael Heerdegen, 2023/02/24
- bug#61730: 30.0.50; Compiler warnings for delq and delete, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/02/24
- bug#61730: 30.0.50; Compiler warnings for delq and delete, Michael Heerdegen, 2023/02/24
- bug#61730: 30.0.50; Compiler warnings for delq and delete, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/02/24
- bug#61730: 30.0.50; Compiler warnings for delq and delete, Michael Heerdegen, 2023/02/24
- bug#61730: 30.0.50; Compiler warnings for delq and delete,
Michael Heerdegen <=
- bug#61730: 30.0.50; Compiler warnings for delq and delete, Mattias Engdegård, 2023/02/24
- bug#61730: 30.0.50; Compiler warnings for delq and delete, Stefan Monnier, 2023/02/24
- bug#61730: 30.0.50; Compiler warnings for delq and delete, Mattias Engdegård, 2023/02/25
- bug#61730: 30.0.50; Compiler warnings for delq and delete, Richard Stallman, 2023/02/24
- bug#61730: 30.0.50; Compiler warnings for delq and delete, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/02/25
- bug#61730: 30.0.50; Compiler warnings for delq and delete, Michael Heerdegen, 2023/02/25
- bug#61730: 30.0.50; Compiler warnings for delq and delete, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/02/25
- bug#61730: 30.0.50; Compiler warnings for delq and delete, Michael Heerdegen, 2023/02/25
- bug#61730: 30.0.50; Compiler warnings for delq and delete, Michael Heerdegen, 2023/02/25
- bug#61730: 30.0.50; Compiler warnings for delq and delete, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/02/25