From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 69739@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#69739: 30.0.50; `type-of` is not precise enough
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:55:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86a5n2tkga.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvbk7jpjze.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (message from Stefan Monnier on Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:39:56 -0400)
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: 69739@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:39:56 -0400
>
> I think that marking it obsolete wouldn't be an option if the new
> function is named something like `cl-generic-type-of`: it would have to
> be a more "neutral" name.
I just picked up your own suggestion. I'm not wedded to that name, so
if there are better alternatives, let's hear them.
> The reason why I'd like to make it obsolete (if it can't be changed) is
> to try and avoid having two slightly-different functions where most
> users don't actually care about the difference.
Sure, but we don't usually declare such APIs obsolete the very day the
better one is introduced. We usually let the community some time to
adjust, and maybe tell us where our ideas were wrong or need some
adjustments.
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Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-03-11 23:19 bug#69739: 30.0.50; `type-of` is not precise enough Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-03-12 13:37 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-03-12 14:40 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-03-12 16:07 ` Rudolf Schlatte
2024-03-13 22:10 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-03-12 13:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-03-12 14:43 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-03-12 15:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-03-12 15:39 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-03-13 11:55 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-03-14 16:56 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-03-15 9:42 ` Andrea Corallo
2024-03-15 10:54 ` Andrea Corallo
2024-03-15 9:51 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2024-03-15 14:09 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-03-15 15:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-03-17 22:29 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-03-18 12:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-03-18 13:33 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-03-15 11:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
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