From: Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz>
Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Incompatible change without "warning"
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 21:15:52 +1200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <17006.1736.406738.121947@farnswood.snap.net.nz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1DPNIK-0007Q3-N4@fencepost.gnu.org>
> I see XEmacs has
> define-obsolete-function-alias so we could do:
>
> Compatibility adds an additional reason.
> So please add define-obsolete-function-alias.
> Please give it arguments compatible with XEmacs.
I have added define-obsolete-function-alias to byte-run.el
I have not provided documentation because I would like guidance:
Me> These two functions are so similar to the two that I've just documented,
Me> externally at least, that I wonder if they could be described somewhere
Me> centrally in the Lisp manual i.e a link from the nodes 'Defining
Me> Variables' and 'Defining Functions'to one called 'Obsoletion'.
The current documentation for these related functions uses different argument
names which I think is confusing:
Manual:
- Function: defvaralias alias-var base-var &optional docstring
Documentation string:
(defvaralias symbol aliased &optional docstring)
Shall I change these to
Manual:
- Function: defvaralias variable new &optional docstring
Documentation string:
(defvaralias variable new &optional docstring)
for consistency with make-obsolete-variable, define-obsolete-variable-alias?
The manual says:
`string-to-int' is an obsolete alias for this function. (string-to-number)
but string-to-int has not been made obsolete.
Some variables/functions have been obsolete since 19.15. Is now a good time
to purge them?
Nick
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-04-26 9:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-04-19 14:48 Incompatible change without "warning" Frank Schmitt
2005-04-19 19:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-04-19 20:53 ` Nick Roberts
2005-04-19 21:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-04-19 22:10 ` Kevin Rodgers
2005-04-20 14:57 ` Richard Stallman
2005-04-20 23:21 ` Nick Roberts
2005-04-21 14:17 ` Lute Kamstra
2005-04-21 22:35 ` Nick Roberts
2005-04-22 9:46 ` Lute Kamstra
2005-04-22 21:32 ` Nick Roberts
2005-04-23 7:17 ` Lute Kamstra
2005-04-23 7:31 ` David Kastrup
2005-04-23 19:25 ` Lute Kamstra
2005-04-23 8:10 ` Nick Roberts
2005-04-23 9:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-04-23 19:27 ` Lute Kamstra
2005-04-21 19:56 ` Richard Stallman
2005-04-21 23:14 ` Nick Roberts
2005-04-21 23:56 ` Lute Kamstra
2005-04-23 16:15 ` Richard Stallman
2005-04-26 9:15 ` Nick Roberts [this message]
2005-04-26 21:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-04-26 21:35 ` Nick Roberts
2005-04-26 21:45 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <20050430231856.CE9369F511@mirror.positive-internet.com>
2005-05-01 3:50 ` Nick Roberts
2005-05-01 12:07 ` Richard Stallman
2005-05-01 14:06 ` Nick Roberts
2005-05-01 15:18 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-05-01 23:39 ` Richard Stallman
2005-05-02 2:28 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-05-01 18:57 ` Richard Stallman
2005-05-01 21:18 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-05-01 18:57 ` Richard Stallman
2005-05-01 18:57 ` Richard Stallman
2005-05-01 22:43 ` Nick Roberts
2005-05-02 7:38 ` David Kastrup
2005-05-02 22:55 ` Nick Roberts
2005-05-03 4:31 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-05-03 7:17 ` David Kastrup
2005-05-04 22:04 ` Richard Stallman
2005-05-03 17:12 ` Richard Stallman
2005-05-02 23:40 ` Richard Stallman
2005-05-02 15:21 ` Richard Stallman
2005-04-20 14:57 ` Richard Stallman
2005-04-19 21:35 ` Nick Roberts
2005-04-20 23:14 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-04-21 0:56 ` Nick Roberts
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