From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#65797: 29.0.92; func-arity should not return (0 . many) with apply-partially Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2023 21:20:13 +0300 Message-ID: <83fs3owmqq.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87v8cmct9b.fsf@breatheoutbreathe.in> <87cyytwa14.fsf@breatheoutbreathe.in> <83fs3pxivc.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="30283"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 65797@debbugs.gnu.org, joseph@breatheoutbreathe.in To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 08 20:21:28 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1qeg6f-0007Wq-L9 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 08 Sep 2023 20:21:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qeg6I-00009N-4V; Fri, 08 Sep 2023 14:21:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qeg6G-000096-Cy for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Sep 2023 14:21:00 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:5::43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qeg6G-0004xg-4d for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Sep 2023 14:21:00 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1qeg6I-0001Hf-Gi for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Sep 2023 14:21:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2023 18:21:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 65797 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 65797-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B65797.16941972354894 (code B ref 65797); Fri, 08 Sep 2023 18:21:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 65797) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Sep 2023 18:20:35 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45565 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1qeg5q-0001Gs-Gp for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 08 Sep 2023 14:20:34 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:51672) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1qeg5o-0001Ge-0N for 65797@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 08 Sep 2023 14:20:33 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qeg5f-0004YJ-N2; Fri, 08 Sep 2023 14:20:23 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=No8BH6SGgaSVWQuD3/1biH9CuT48wybts/8ZHm6HPvA=; b=W/49uzaDILFy 8J8aE3hNAsSdXFLtGlE2auTD1gfcN1uBkRh2vMA5UreEPoNrYVaXz+kLqpJ+PM/3orOurY19s0svj /l9E9VfOWzg7+A3Bc9Muf3vvOgTuH3a/S6CJymtRC6UrO22cz8vB8sge0zanfd88IxvHNm72a2OPT ghnTCrbgruc3BF4cm7GXR7wL4SC5ba2It8yvXW89GJrtviBoOu5K3NczYTCjQ3zZ2lujWfZ8ai9L0 BynzJCQ3D4rIQgTk5rWBxCschgtmnCAutIK9qM8YZj/qM6XLKCZVInrAat2ZTNUJXfQ4W0ecnEPLH ygPtGJDEZLQ7c+ozypZldQ==; In-Reply-To: (message from Stefan Monnier on Fri, 08 Sep 2023 11:52:25 -0400) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:269809 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Monnier > Cc: Joseph Turner , 65797@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2023 11:52:25 -0400 > > >> This isn't backwards compatible, is it? > > Neither is what you propose, AFAIU. We are in effect changing a > > public API in incompatible ways. > > Yup, AFAICT there's no way to implement the Texinfo-documented > behavior reliably. > > So some backward-incompatibility is inevitable, unless we decide to > stick to the current code to be "bug compatible" :-( I think one of the alternatives you proposed was backward-compatible (albeit not very elegant). So my vote is for that alternative.