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bug#45437: 27.1; make-temp-file parameter change in emacs 26 missing in


From: Lars Ingebrigtsen
Subject: bug#45437: 27.1; make-temp-file parameter change in emacs 26 missing in documentation
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 22:56:21 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux)

Hendrik Tews <hendrik@askra.de> writes:

> the function make-temp-file was extended in emacs 26 with the
> additional optional TEXT argument. However, describe-function
> says "Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 21.1.",
> leaving the impression that one can safely use the TEXT argument
> if one wants to write backward compatible code.

The "probably" only talks about the function itself; not about the
parameters.

> Please amend the documentation of make-temp-file to mention that
> the TEXT argument was added in emacs 26. Without such
> information, it is very difficult to write code that works in a
> variety of emacs major versions.

Sorry; we don't keep track of added parameters in a systematic way, so
that would be unfeasible.  You have to read the NEWS file to determine
this stuff (or use the VC functions, of you have a checked-out Emacs).

Closing.

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