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bug#24383: 25.1.50; Deprecation/internalization of `read-from-whole-stri
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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bug#24383: 25.1.50; Deprecation/internalization of `read-from-whole-string' |
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Sat, 06 Feb 2021 13:37:51 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> What's the rationale behind the demotion of `read-from-whole-string'
> and its replacement by "internal" function
> `thing-at-point--read-from-whole-string'?
>
> "This is an internal thingatpt function and should not be used."
>
> Should not be used? Really? Why?
"Should not be used" is perhaps over-stating the case, but it's an
internal thingatpt function with a name that didn't reflect that, so
renaming it is appropriate.
> Based on this (seemingly gratuitous) change, existing user code now
> has to fiddle, to be usable in more than one Emacs version (versions
> 0 to 24.5 vs version 25.1).
>
> (if (fboundp 'read-from-whole-string)
> (read-from-whole-string strg)
> (thing-at-point--read-from-whole-string strg))
It's up to you whether you want to use internal Emacs functions, of
course.
Closing.
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