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#45437: 27.1; make-temp-file parameter change in emacs 26 missing in documentation Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 22:56:21 +0100 Message-ID: <87mty1czy2.fsf@gnus.org> References: <874kk9h7vp.fsf@cert.kernkonzept.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="18198"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 45437@debbugs.gnu.org To: Hendrik Tews Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 25 22:57:44 2020 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 1ksv5k-0004c5-PV for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; 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However, describe-function > says "Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 21.1.", > leaving the impression that one can safely use the TEXT argument > if one wants to write backward compatible code. The "probably" only talks about the function itself; not about the parameters. > Please amend the documentation of make-temp-file to mention that > the TEXT argument was added in emacs 26. Without such > information, it is very difficult to write code that works in a > variety of emacs major versions. Sorry; we don't keep track of added parameters in a systematic way, so that would be unfeasible. You have to read the NEWS file to determine this stuff (or use the VC functions, of you have a checked-out Emacs). Closing. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no