From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 22291@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22291: 25.1.50; REGRESSION: Emacs 24.3 breaks loading cl-macs to get macro `case'
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2016 10:37:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83a8oocr7i.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <61b4ebe0-446c-49df-b5d1-c527a47192b5@default> (message from Drew Adams on Fri, 1 Jan 2016 19:23:03 -0800 (PST))
> Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2016 19:23:03 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
>
> This regression was introduced in Emacs 24.3. Prior to that, code could
> use (require 'cl-macs) to have macros such as `case' provided at
> runtime.
>
> (eval-when-compile (require 'cl)) still works, of course. But neither
> (eval-when-compile (require 'cl-macs)) nor (require 'cl-macs) defines
> macro `case', starting with Emacs 24.3.
>
> This gratuitously breaks any existing code that loads cl-macs expecting
> to get the definition of `case'. This breakage should not be necessary.
From NEWS.24, under "Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in
Emacs 24.3":
*** CL's main entry is now (require 'cl-lib).
`cl-lib' is like the old `cl' except that it uses the namespace cleanly;
i.e., all its definitions have the "cl-" prefix (and internal definitions
use the "cl--" prefix).
If `cl' provided a feature under the name `foo', then `cl-lib'
provides it under the name `cl-foo' instead; with the exceptions of the
few `cl' definitions that had to use `foo*' to avoid conflicts with
pre-existing Elisp entities. These have been renamed to `cl-foo'
rather than `cl-foo*'.
IOW, this was a deliberate change, and you should either use 'cl-case'
with Emacs versions since 24.3, or use 'cl' instead of 'cl-macs'.
OK?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-01-02 8:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-02 3:23 bug#22291: 25.1.50; REGRESSION: Emacs 24.3 breaks loading cl-macs to get macro `case' Drew Adams
2016-01-02 8:37 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2016-01-02 17:50 ` bug#22291: 25.1.50; NOTABUG: " Glenn Morris
2016-01-02 18:16 ` Drew Adams
[not found] <<61b4ebe0-446c-49df-b5d1-c527a47192b5@default>
[not found] ` <<83a8oocr7i.fsf@gnu.org>
2016-01-02 17:28 ` bug#22291: 25.1.50; REGRESSION: " Drew Adams
2016-01-02 17:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-01-03 21:31 ` John Wiegley
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