From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ralf Angeli Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: declare-function in files from Gnus (hashcash.el, imap.el) Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 00:58:32 +0100 Message-ID: <87ac27w4lz.fsf@neutrino.caeruleus.net> References: <200712011634.lB1GYCkr018222@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <87mysuwdcx.fsf@neutrino.caeruleus.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1196553530 17582 80.91.229.12 (1 Dec 2007 23:58:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 23:58:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: dann@ics.uci.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 02 00:58:59 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 1IycEb-0006UI-18 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:58:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IycEL-0003eR-42 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:58:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IycEH-0003dx-BP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:58:37 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IycEF-0003ct-E8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:58:36 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IycEF-0003cZ-60 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:58:35 -0500 Original-Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.188]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IycEB-0001Oz-1b; Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:58:31 -0500 Original-Received: from neutrino.caeruleus.net (p54A50E7A.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [84.165.14.122]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu2) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MKwtQ-1IycE70mJD-0001Mk; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:58:28 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sat\, 01 Dec 2007 18\:41\:02 -0500") X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+i/gQGRa7fAb3vmWSBYim2s2js3CZtPfg96EI YYTgDZdrshVtUKX/U79fZAEVOEepmhenAkA+jHh8MBOmR4vLmj mu6k7wzYR5tWLXrVD8ORg== X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6? (barebone, rare!) 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:84459 Archived-At: * Richard Stallman (2007-12-02) writes: > > `declare-function' has been discussed here at length. It is used to > > avoid the "unknown function" warnings produced by the byte compiler. > > How about putting stuff like that in some sort of header file instead > of polluting the package code? > > No way! I do not want to greatly increase in the number of files. Then one could put all declarations into a single file. But the point here is that people should take care when changing code of packages which are supposed to work with other Emacs versions than the one they are integrated in. -- Ralf