From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: What version of Emacs still requires '*' in defcustom docs? Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:18:25 -0800 Message-ID: References: <1a4nuxknrk.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87wr7sxsp7.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1329067126 28227 80.91.229.3 (12 Feb 2012 17:18:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:18:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Chong Yidong' , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "'Stefan Monnier'" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 12 18:18:45 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Rwd4X-0002yi-1Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:18:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48172 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rwd4W-0007wZ-9I for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:18:44 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:41055) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rwd4T-0007wE-JB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:18:42 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rwd4S-00018y-9M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:18:41 -0500 Original-Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com ([141.146.126.227]:28133) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rwd4S-00018i-4Z; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:18:40 -0500 Original-Received: from ucsinet21.oracle.com (ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93]) by acsinet15.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2) with ESMTP id q1CHIa1e008044 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:18:38 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt358.oracle.com (acsmt358.oracle.com [141.146.40.158]) by ucsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q1CHIZB9028579 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:18:36 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt110.oracle.com (abhmt110.oracle.com [141.146.116.62]) by acsmt358.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id q1CHIYqO010614; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:18:34 -0600 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.51.171) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:18:34 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: Aczpp4sizdYAttqlQj+k25whK9CSDAAAmweA X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-Source-IP: ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93] X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090207.4F37F46E.003C,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-Received-From: 141.146.126.227 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:148515 Archived-At: > > Why is it important to make such a change? > > Because complexity is a problem in itself and as maintainers our main > task is to try and keep it in check, so the code doesn't crumble under > its own weight. So do _nothing_. No added complexity for maintainers. No loss of features for users. This code and behavior for users have remained unchanged since at least Emacs 21.1, as some have been eager to point out.