I'm I the only who is annoyed by the introduction of Xemacsisms and
i would put it different: there are some quite useful functions (like set-keymap-parents) that happen to be available in xemacs but not in gnu emacs. therefore they are optionally defined to avoid redefining them when running under xemacs. i could have added it as slime-set-keymap-parents which would have been even worse, imho. as of defun*: i think that keyword args make the code much more readable than using optional parameters, especially when there are several optional args. -- - attila "- The truth is that I've been too considerate, and so became unintentionally cruel... - I understand. - No, you don't understand! We don't speak the same language!" (Ingmar Bergman - Smultronstället)