From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Is it time to remove INTERNAL_FIELD? Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 09:24:03 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87lhhjuq26.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1429795475 11081 80.91.229.3 (23 Apr 2015 13:24:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 13:24:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Oleh Krehel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 23 15:24:29 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YlH7F-000543-4S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 23 Apr 2015 15:24:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40226 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YlH7E-0006gS-41 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 23 Apr 2015 09:24:28 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37445) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YlH70-0006gN-Tv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Apr 2015 09:24:15 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YlH6t-0002pj-Sk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Apr 2015 09:24:14 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:43586) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YlH6t-0002pZ-Nx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Apr 2015 09:24:07 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id t3NDO4Ph015559; Thu, 23 Apr 2015 09:24:04 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id DFDE015C7; Thu, 23 Apr 2015 09:24:03 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87lhhjuq26.fsf@gmail.com> (Oleh Krehel's message of "Thu, 23 Apr 2015 11:55:29 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV5285=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9393 : core <5285> : inlines <2785> : streams <1427269> : uri <1913863> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 132.204.246.22 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:185810 Archived-At: > This macro looks to me as more confusing than useful: It's there to make sure people don't write code which accesses the field directly by accident. It seems harmless and occasionally marginally useful. Why does it bother you, exactly? > Can I remove it? I guess it's OK to remove it, tho I fail to see the harm in keeping it. Stefan