From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 'Chong Yidong' <cyd@gnu.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: What version of Emacs still requires '*' in defcustom docs?
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:17:43 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvmx8nc3yv.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <D73DB172978E4E5687650BA75A6150C4@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:18:25 -0800")
>> > 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.
The complexity is there already. It was introduced a long time ago
by defcustom. We now know that it is not worth the effort and it's
better to merge the two concepts, hence removing some complexity.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-12 18:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-11 22:29 What version of Emacs still requires '*' in defcustom docs? Glenn Morris
2012-02-11 22:49 ` Drew Adams
2012-02-11 22:53 ` Glenn Morris
2012-02-11 23:33 ` Drew Adams
2012-02-12 10:16 ` Chong Yidong
2012-02-12 15:42 ` Drew Adams
2012-02-12 16:58 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-12 17:18 ` Drew Adams
2012-02-12 18:17 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2012-02-13 6:16 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
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