From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob@tcd.ie>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: Hendrik Tews <hendrik@askra.de>, 45437@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#45437: 27.1; make-temp-file parameter change in emacs 26 missing in documentation
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 18:14:01 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o8gpaugb.fsf@tcd.ie> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87mty1czy2.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Fri, 25 Dec 2020 22:56:21 +0100")
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Hendrik Tews <hendrik@askra.de> writes:
>
>> the function make-temp-file was extended in emacs 26 with the
>> additional optional TEXT argument. 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.
And is an imperfect heuristic based on searching NEWS files, hence
"probably".
>> 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).
See also: https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2020-12/msg00371.html
--
Basil
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2020-12-25 21:51 bug#45437: 27.1; make-temp-file parameter change in emacs 26 missing in documentation Hendrik Tews
2020-12-25 21:56 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-12 18:14 ` Basil L. Contovounesios [this message]
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