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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:312690 Archived-At: From: Richard Stallman Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2023 22:07:47 -0500 [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > But that will not cure the larger problem caused by too much usage of > those functions. They were meant to be used in a few obsure corners, > not used so often that maintainers need to know about them. > I know Emacs has many obscure corners. But I didn't think that any were > beyond the reach of the maintainers. ;-} I have the impression that that is meant as a clever riposte to the words you qupted, but I don't understand the point. The words you qupted are not clever wit. They are meant to be serious and straightforward. It seemed odd to me that anything could be beyond what the maintainers would need to know and deal with. But I guess that ignores the matter of threshold. So I withdraw my off-the-mark jibe. -- Bob