From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#49730: 28.0.50; There should be a way to mark a generalised variable as obsolete Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2022 21:46:33 +0200 Message-ID: <877d319y7a.fsf@gnus.org> References: <871r7myhfx.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="5188"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: 49730@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 21 21:47:23 2022 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 1oPqup-0001By-DR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2022 21:47:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57562 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oPquo-0006kI-2c for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2022 15:47:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37150) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oPquV-0006ji-5x for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2022 15:47:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:47105) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oPquU-0004xR-Lx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2022 15:47:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1oPquU-0000SF-Bl for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2022 15:47:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2022 19:47:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 49730 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 49730-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B49730.16611112091716 (code B ref 49730); Sun, 21 Aug 2022 19:47:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 49730) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Aug 2022 19:46:49 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36851 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1oPquH-0000Rc-76 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2022 15:46:49 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:45836) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1oPquE-0000RK-86 for 49730@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2022 15:46:47 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Date:References: In-Reply-To:Subject:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=zlL2SZey7tGtM0PLdSpsrcIMj3oZTdZDyRjtr/8PPHY=; b=XrZdsW7doN4xARLc+kT2ClMqd2 DW4FBI/RKCE7AEOoKSIw3yPKygVYtBs/OzLVjYchrn7dhYEA9E50fn3fb01xZKAo0IAsBadj+wAr4 AT/qt5aOgsxh14Av4ntvTgNXXVwVA9r3RcOocDJqiKGEp61c/P5rocaSPIATpMhDweUg=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=joga) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oPqu5-0005TS-Pd for 49730@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2022 21:46:39 +0200 In-Reply-To: <871r7myhfx.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sun, 25 Jul 2021 09:35:14 +0200") X-Now-Playing: Ana da Silva & Phew's _Island_: "Konnichiwa!" 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" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:240360 Archived-At: Lars Ingebrigtsen writes: > We don't have a way to make a generalised variable obsolete, I think? I > think it would be helpful if we had. > > I haven't looked at how to implement it, but marking the symbol in some > way, and then having the byte compiler examine it (when expanding setf > forms) and outputting a warning doesn't immediately seem impossible. It was very simple. Now added to Emacs 29.