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[173.67.40.97]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id f126sm8172447qkc.47.2017.01.31.19.49.12 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 31 Jan 2017 19:49:13 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by holos.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 510C060D6A; Tue, 31 Jan 2017 22:49:12 -0500 (EST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <83sho3x9gb.fsf@gnu.org> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400d:c0d::233 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:211827 Archived-At: On 28/01/17 at 09:37pm, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > From: Mark Oteiza > > Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2017 13:41:31 -0500 > > Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org > > > > Wasn't the reason any of these defaults changed simply so that > > add-function would work? > > Why is it important to support add-function, when we already have a > variable that can be assigned a function value? If someone wants to > customize the feature which will call a variable's value if non-nil, > they just need to write a function which does what they want and > assign it to that variable, no need for add-function. What am I > missing? You're not missing anything.