From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/56385 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: sigurd@12move.de (Karl =?iso-8859-1?q?Pfl=E4sterer?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Orphaned symbols? Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 00:11:26 +0100 Organization: Lemis World Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1076714183 6995 80.91.224.253 (13 Feb 2004 23:16:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 23:16:23 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+M4925@lists.math.uh.edu Sat Feb 14 00:16:16 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ArmXg-0001X3-00 for ; Sat, 14 Feb 2004 00:16:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1ArmXI-0000Ay-00; Fri, 13 Feb 2004 17:15:52 -0600 Original-Received: from justine.libertine.org ([66.139.78.221] ident=postfix) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1ArmXD-0000At-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 13 Feb 2004 17:15:47 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org (quimby.gnus.org [80.91.224.244]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85FF53A0042 for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2004 17:15:46 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from news by quimby.gnus.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ArmXB-0008Vn-00 for ; Sat, 14 Feb 2004 00:15:45 +0100 Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Path: wintendo.pflaesterer.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnus.ding Original-Lines: 32 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: d1744.d.pppool.de Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 1076714145 32722 80.184.23.68 (13 Feb 2004 23:15:45 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 23:15:45 +0000 (UTC) X-Face: #iIcL\6>Qj/G*F@AL9T*v/R$j@7Q`6#FU&Flg6u6aVsLdWf(H$U5>:;&*>oy>jOIWgA%8w* A!V7X`\fEGoQ[@D'@i^*p3FCC6&Rg~JT/H_*MOX;"o~flADb8^ Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Hamster/2.0.4.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:33bIYUSoJMfBWjQX67BbGmJYl0Q= Precedence: bulk Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:56385 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:56385 On 13 Feb 2004, Jesper Harder <- harder@ifa.au.dk wrote: > sigurd@12move.de (Karl Pfl=E4sterer) writes: >> Is there no possibility to decide which variables could safely be >> deleted? Some of the vars I found aren't used anywhere; they make it >> only harder to understand the code. I also find a bunch of functions >> which are only defined but never used > I think the variables I listed are safe to delete. But in general I > don't think there's any way to determine it automatically. ACK. Because of that I posted them here instead of a big patch :-) Maybe we could try it in small steps; always delete 5 wait some days and remove the next 5. > For example the function `mm-file-name-collapse-whitespace' isn't used > anywhere -- but its purpose is that you can add it to the hook > `mm-file-name-rewrite-functions', so it clearly shouldn't be removed. Yes with functions it gets even harder to decide which one aren't used anymore. KP --=20 `Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!' "Lewis Carroll" "Jabberwocky"