From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 24383@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24383: 25.1.50; Deprecation/internalization of `read-from-whole-string'
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 04:38:36 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87eeyjvxz7.fsf@marxist.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c431e14e-6557-4394-8835-358e20635725@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 6 Sep 2016 09:52:12 -0700 (PDT)")
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> What's the rationale behind the demotion of `read-from-whole-string'
> and its replacement by "internal" function
> `thing-at-point--read-from-whole-string'?
>
> "This is an internal thingatpt function and should not be used."
>
> Should not be used? Really? Why?
>
> This function has been around forever, and is used by Emacs users.
> And there has been no change in the function definition.
>
> Why should it suddenly be considered "internal" and something not
> to be used?
>
> And what does it have to do, in particular, with thingatpt.el?
> (It should instead be promoted to a file such as subr.el.)
>
> Based on this (seemingly gratuitous) change, existing user code now
> has to fiddle, to be usable in more than one Emacs version (versions
> 0 to 24.5 vs version 25.1).
Glenn, you made the change mentioned above. Do you have an opinion
here?
Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-11-08 3:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-06 16:52 bug#24383: 25.1.50; Deprecation/internalization of `read-from-whole-string' Drew Adams
2019-11-08 3:38 ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
2021-02-06 12:37 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-06 18:52 ` bug#24383: [External] : " Drew Adams
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