From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Philipp Stephani
On 2017-07-02 12:54, Noam Postavsky wrote:=
> On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 12:32 PM, Cl=C3=A9ment Pit-Claudel
> <cpitcla= udel@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Why would we need a new function since %n$ would be an error f= or the old format anyway?
>>
>> This in itself is a good reason to have a new function.=C2=A0 A ne= w function lets you migrate existing code, including plugins, to the new sy= ntax, and load the polyfill in older Emacsen.=C2=A0 A new syntax that cause= s errors in old Emacsen isn't usable by anyone outside of Emacs core, f= or fear of compatibility problems.
>
> We can still give a new name I suppose.
I think it would be nice, if we also write a polyfill. If we don't inte= nd to write one, then there's probably no point.