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bug#19423: 25.0.50; incompatible change to `make-obsolete' - added 3rd a
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Drew Adams |
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bug#19423: 25.0.50; incompatible change to `make-obsolete' - added 3rd arg should be optional |
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Sun, 21 Dec 2014 10:58:40 -0800 (PST) |
> > In Emacs 23 someone unwisely changed it to mandatory, an
> > incompatible change that gratuitously breaks code that could
> > be used with older Emacs releases. Pain for no real gain.
>
> You should look at the code sometimes.
You should look at the byte-compiler warning that the user sees.
It tells her that only 2 args are present but 3 are *required*.
> The change is very much compatible: `make-obsolete' can still be
> called with only two arguments without error. The third one is only
> mandatory in the advertised calling convention.
See above. The byte-compiler tells you that it is mandatory.
> Even if it wasn't, it would be too late to fix the "problem": it
> wouldn't work in 23 and 24 anyway.
No, but it would work for Emacs 25, and releases prior to 23.
There is no good reason *not* to fix it, is there?
- bug#19423: 25.0.50; incompatible change to `make-obsolete' - added 3rd arg should be optional, Drew Adams, 2014/12/21
- bug#19423: 25.0.50; incompatible change to `make-obsolete' - added 3rd arg should be optional, Drew Adams, 2014/12/21
- bug#19423: 25.0.50; incompatible change to `make-obsolete' - added 3rd arg should be optional, Dmitry Gutov, 2014/12/21
- bug#19423: 25.0.50; incompatible change to `make-obsolete' - added 3rd arg should be optional,
Drew Adams <=
- bug#19423: 25.0.50; incompatible change to `make-obsolete' - added 3rd arg should be optional, Drew Adams, 2014/12/21
- bug#19423: 25.0.50; incompatible change to `make-obsolete' - added 3rd arg should be optional, Dmitry Gutov, 2014/12/21
- bug#19423: 25.0.50; incompatible change to `make-obsolete' - added 3rd arg should be optional, Drew Adams, 2014/12/21
- bug#19423: 25.0.50; incompatible change to `make-obsolete' - added 3rd arg should be optional, Dmitry Gutov, 2014/12/21
- bug#19423: 25.0.50; incompatible change to `make-obsolete' - added 3rd arg should be optional, Drew Adams, 2014/12/21