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bug#28587: 26.0.60; Don't write object name strings in object-write meth


From: Eric Abrahamsen
Subject: bug#28587: 26.0.60; Don't write object name strings in object-write method
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2017 14:08:07 -0800
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux)

Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

>>> AFAIK names are deprecated in calls to EIEIO constructors since
>>> Emacs-25 (rather 24.4), and it's only since Emacs-26 that they are
>>> optional in "eieio-presistent" written representations.
>> Okay I see, I got a little confused there. I checked the emacs 25 branch
>> and it ignores an object name string (emacs 24 requires it), so maybe
>> the only important thing is to say:
>> "Note that prior to Emacs version 25 the object name is required."
>
> I think the only important part is that Emacs<26 requires it (tho only
> Emacs<25 makes actual use of it, and even then, this use is mostly
> irrelevant, except maybe in corner cases in the course of debugging).

Right! Bah, I keep getting this wrong. Emacs<26 will fail without it.
I'll make that note, and leave it at that.






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