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Subject: Re: master 5ac7b48: Lift define-prefix-command to Lisp
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> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2021 10:51:38 -0600
> Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > This question is pertinent when someone suggests a new function or
> > feature.  When talking about obsoleting an existing one, the right
> > question is "does it do any harm, or do a bad job, or present some
> > significant maintenance burden?"
> 
> In this case, it seems that this "feature" is indeed doing a bad job.

Which job does it do badly, and why?