From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: should query-replace-regexp-eval be in the manual? Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:37:56 +0200 Message-ID: <851wihd4ez.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <85ejmlwbd8.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85slb0utdx.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85abx6d1jz.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1176914300 27979 80.91.229.12 (18 Apr 2007 16:38:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:38:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 18 18:38:14 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HeDAY-0004Vp-Q2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:38:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HeDFP-0003He-ER for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:43:11 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HeDFM-0003HZ-5u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:43:08 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HeDFH-0003Gs-Ph for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:43:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HeDFH-0003Gp-I9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:43:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-in-07.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.47]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HeDAP-0001KG-Br; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:38:01 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-in-01-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-09-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.21]) by mail-in-07.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D53B624ADC3; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:37:59 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail-in-08.arcor-online.net (mail-in-08.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.48]) by mail-in-01-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4BD128EEF3; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:37:59 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from lola.goethe.zz (dslb-084-061-031-143.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.61.31.143]) by mail-in-08.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8CFF22653F; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:37:59 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 45C4E1C2BC02; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:37:57 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Wed\, 18 Apr 2007 10\:56\:18 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.98 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:69570 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > Done. I mentioned this in NEWS. I am not sure about the DOC string > of `query-replace-regexp-eval', though: since it is obsoleted, would > it be appropriate to have all the info except that of its deprecation > be ripped from it? > > Our general policy is to retain the information about a function and > what it does, when we make it obsolete. I see no reason to make a > special exception for this function. Oh, I was not asking for an exception, but rather about the rule. > So please do not delete anything. Done. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum