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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Helmut Eller <eller.helmut@gmail.com>
Cc: 16353@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16353: 24.3.50; cl-position fails in 23.4.1
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2014 22:59:41 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwviotvyvj7.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2ppo4153h.fsf@gmail.com> (Helmut Eller's message of "Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:03:30 +0100")

> Here's an idea for a solution: unintern the existing symbol, say
> cl-postion, then intern "cl-position" again to create a second symbol.

That was my initial idea as well, but there's the risk some code that
wants the cl-lib version of cl-position has already been `read' and
hence already refers to the incorrect symbol.

IOW, it's too hackish and fraught with problems.


        Stefan





  reply	other threads:[~2014-01-08  3:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-01-05 18:39 bug#16353: 24.3.50; cl-position fails in 23.4.1 João Távora
2014-01-06  1:14 ` Glenn Morris
2014-01-06  1:16   ` Glenn Morris
2014-01-06  4:08   ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-06 22:49     ` João Távora
2014-01-07  0:42       ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-07  9:21         ` João Távora
2014-01-07 10:03           ` Helmut Eller
2014-01-08  3:59             ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2014-01-25  5:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-28  9:31   ` João Távora

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