Re: englishification patches 21-29

[Reini U. <ru...@x-...>]

Sam Steingold schrieb:
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> Reini Urban wrote:
>> Also updated at http://rurban.xarch.at/cygr/clisp/
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>> 21-xcharin-fehler.diff
>>         * xcharin.lisp (FEHLER-CHAR-ARG): rename to (ERROR-CHAR-ARG)
>> 22_reqoptkey_anz.diff
>>         * debug.d, eval.d, fsubr.d, genclisph.d, lispbibl.d, spvw.d,
>>         spvw_memfile.d, subr.d: rename global members and macro args
>>     req_anz,opt_anz, key_anz to *_count
>>         * clos-genfun2b.lisp (COMPUTE-DISPATCH): rename REQ-ANZ to
>>     REQ-COUNT
>>         * compiler.lisp (struct fnode): rename REQ-ANZ, OPT-ANZ,
>>     FNODE-REQ-ANZ,FNODE-OPT-ANZ to REQ-COUNT,OPT-COUNT,
>>     FNODE-REQ-COUNT,FNODE-OPT-COUNT
>>         * subr.d: rename macro args req_anz_, opt_anz_, key_anz_
>>     to *_count_
>> 23_clos_reqoptkey_anz.diff
>>         * eval.d, lispbibl.d: rename global members
>>     clos_{spec,req,opt,key,aux}_anz to
>>      clos_{spec,req,opt,key,aux}_count
>> 24_more_anz.diff
>>         * control.d, lispbibl.d (specdecled_, make_variable_frame):
>>     rename arg and local spec_anz to spec_count
>>         * control.d (make_variable_frame): rename local var_anz to
>>     var_count
>>         * eval.d, lispbibl.d: rename global macro frame_anz to
>>     frame_count
> 
> "anz" is 3 chars and "count" is 5.
> I'd rather use "num" to save space.

Bruno suggested _count.

Me:
 >> Changed structure members and local variables:
 >> > >
 >> > >   *_anz => num_* in globals members and vars

Bruno:
 >No, "count" is a better term than "number" for this. (Because "number" 
 >is also a type, whereas "count" is not.) Make it *_count.

>> 25_ccv_num.diff
>>         * debug.d, eval.d, lispbibl.d, io.d (struct Codevec):
>>     rename Codevec members ccv_num{req,opt,key} to
>>     ccv_{req,opt,key}_count.
>>         * lispbibl.d, io.d: rename global indices CCV_NUM{REQ,OPT,KEY}
>>     to CCV_{REQ,OPT,KEY}_COUNT.
> 
> I don't see any point in this patch.
> you are replacing an english name with a longer english name.

This is just for consistency with all the other _count vars and struct 
members, no translation.
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Reini