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#69739: 30.0.50; `type-of` is not precise enough Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:58:08 +0200 Message-ID: <86o7bjtuvj.fsf@gnu.org> References: Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="32940"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 69739@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 12 14:58:50 2024 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 1rk2eY-0008JT-Hu for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2024 14:58:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rk2eK-0006Xi-AN; Tue, 12 Mar 2024 09:58:36 -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 1rk2eC-0006No-57 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2024 09:58:28 -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 1rk2eB-0006u7-PL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2024 09:58:27 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rk2ek-0006yc-7O for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2024 09:59:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 13:59:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 69739 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 69739-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B69739.171025194126811 (code B ref 69739); Tue, 12 Mar 2024 13:59:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 69739) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Mar 2024 13:59:01 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43302 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rk2ei-0006yN-JY for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2024 09:59:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:39138) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rk2ec-0006y6-SU for 69739@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2024 09:58:58 -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 1rk2dz-0006p8-2j; Tue, 12 Mar 2024 09:58:15 -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=m/1dn2RswQuIcBkGvUPeTCPZjQKzos9uzEm+whFa8Wo=; b=OhHWj389NkdB gFDl0DPw1i5SEPXThXf+OxEpzSzzRNNrpythPBlr3FQ9W3HpPdqNpnmjw+vkCUvndy+adcRnJ53xp /D9H3ZjxGgRidYPWdIjPuxNtbPuzwy1TkEZRUVQ/IKIeJq5a7FKKcapWCZg2RVpXuT0OK6SADCfQf LxdSBtNcPfa0U636misBX9lwU6Bjd83ZhVInuiZbIpANnN+B84Zzd8PB6xcrtmrW9IWDwlThKLYRe nKHXaG/jGbr6mej816CDXcoh46g63wxZdAZ45Cp1hcox91JG88u4H0C6TyPpc9FXJvMz5T0PiRrAG iNGanNkqQmV+b+US8Bsgxg==; In-Reply-To: (bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org) 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:281516 Archived-At: > 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" > > 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.