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Re: extract_data_from_object considered dangerous
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: extract_data_from_object considered dangerous |
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Mon, 23 Sep 2019 05:28:31 +0300 |
> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2019 16:53:05 -0400
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> > If we want to lift this restriction, I think the
> > function should return a Lisp object, not a char *.
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> That's also my impression, but I was wondering is there was a good
> reason why it wasn't done this way in the first place.
AFAIR, the function was created by consolidating many repeated in-line
code fragments.