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From: Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com>
To: Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: words starting with call_ confuse C-c C-c and export
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 17:58:42 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <878uvkag1p.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wqj425kk.fsf@gmail.com> (Eric Schulte's message of "Mon, 16 Dec 2013 08:12:11 -0700")

Hello,

Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com> writes:

> Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com> writes:

>> It would solve the current problem, but there are still many problematic
>> characters allowed (e.g., commas, curly brackets). I think there's no
>> point in allowing "call_{i=1}()" as a valid inline Babel call.
>>
>> Furthermore, I don't think it's a real limitation to use alphanumeric
>> characters (and hyphen) only for a function name. I would even require
>> an alphabetic character as the first char, to avoid calls like:
>> "call_1()".
>>
>
> I often use "/" in function names, and in general I'd prefer not to
> remove characters (e.g., "{") unless there is a specific reason.

I think there's a specific reason to disallow naming a function "{i=1}":
it is too close to underline syntax. We should make syntax less prone to
ambiguity (see recent thread about underline and subscript) ; this
doesn't help. Think also about call_~my-verbatim-function-name~(),
call_@@latex:my-export-snippet@@()...

We're talking about function names, not free-form text, so limitations
are understandable. For example, macro names only allow alphanumeric
characters or hyphens and have to start with an alphabetic character.

I suggest to select a few symbols allowed in names (e.g., "/") as
a starter. It is always possible to discuss on a case by case basis if
other symbols should be added.


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2013-12-16 16:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-12-03  6:47 words starting with call_ confuse C-c C-c and export Daniel Clemente
2013-12-03 20:55 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-12-06 19:09   ` Eric Schulte
2013-12-06 19:46     ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-12-06 21:12       ` Eric Schulte
2013-12-14 11:25         ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-12-15 21:37           ` Eric Schulte
2013-12-15 22:43             ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-12-16 15:12               ` Eric Schulte
2013-12-16 16:58                 ` Nicolas Goaziou [this message]
2014-03-06 22:12                   ` Eric Schulte
2014-03-10 14:28                     ` Nicolas Goaziou
2014-03-10 14:44                       ` Eric Schulte
2014-03-11 14:11                         ` Nicolas Goaziou
2014-03-11 15:57                           ` Eric Schulte
2014-03-11 20:49                             ` Nicolas Goaziou

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