From: Troy Hinckley <t.macman@gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: compile.el legacy compatibility
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 13:23:53 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <D56740C1-E515-4FF5-827D-1BCD23614B19@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvef6w89g3.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
> Refine the compatibility by catching a `wrong-number-of-arguments` error when calling the LINE function with 2 args and considering it a tell-tale sign that it's not an old-style LINE function but a new-style function instead
Of the changes that keep the old style, This would be my preference. The second option presented would not work because the new style does not require (LINE . OLD-LINE) and still works with (FILE LINE COL).
However since we changed to the new style at least 15 years ago, it seems it would be best to drop the old compatibility (which is your first preference as well). Who has the power to make that call?
- Troy Hinckley
> On Mar 24, 2019, at 11:51 AM, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>
> Refine the compatibility by catching a `wrong-number-of-arguments`
> error when calling the LINE function with 2 args and considering it
> a tell-tale sign that it's not an old-style LINE function but
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-03-25 19:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-03-23 13:55 compile.el legacy compatibility Troy Hinckley
2019-03-24 17:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-03-25 19:23 ` Troy Hinckley [this message]
2019-03-26 14:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-03-30 10:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-03 15:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-04-06 13:14 ` Troy Hinckley
2019-04-06 22:50 ` Stefan Monnier
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