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: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:58:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86o7bjtuvj.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvr0ggmk4z.fsf@iro.umontreal.ca> (bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org)
> Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca
> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 19:19:40 -0400
> From: Stefan Monnier via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
> the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
>
> Still, any change as suggested here would be an incompatible change, so
> there's risk it'll break some code out there (`type-of` is not used very
> often, but it *is* used). Another option is to introduce a new function
> which does the same as `type-of` but with changes like the ones above.
> (we could even decide to give it a `cl-generic-` prefix to discourage
> its use elsewhere so we can be more free to change its return value in
> the future).
I'd prefer a non-breaking change, if possible and reasonable.
Thanks.
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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 [this message]
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
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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