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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net>
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,
	 emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Obsoleting of generalized variable setters in 48aacbf292fbe8d4be7761f83bf87de93497df27
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 00:02:58 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k03nj1ot.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ffc943c6-9171-aa46-6e17-cdf9ccf9e39c@alphapapa.net>

Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net> writes:

> I agree that each should be debated on its own merits.  But has the 
> burden been reversed?  Could we argue why they should be removed rather 
> than why they should be kept?  I would generally argue that features 
> that have been implemented should be considered useful (otherwise, why 
> would they have been added?) and not be removed except for specific 
> reasons.

One reference is https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/877d2w1ua0.fsf@tcd.ie

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  reply	other threads:[~2022-11-22  0:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-11-21 21:19 Obsoleting of generalized variable setters in 48aacbf292fbe8d4be7761f83bf87de93497df27 Adam Porter
2022-11-21 21:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-11-21 22:11   ` Adam Porter
2022-11-22  0:02     ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2022-11-22  1:56     ` Stefan Kangas

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