From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: handa@m17n.org, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: translation-table-for-input
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:38:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <uwsbuwri9.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvfxij5nmy.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, handa@m17n.org
> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:58:54 -0500
>
> > I ended up removing the make-obsolete-variable call for
> > translation-table-for-input, and instead added a blurb to its doc
> > string to discourage its use for unification purposes.
>
> Please don't.
Too late, it's done.
> If you really want to fix the warning then either use
> with-no-warnings, or just remove the whole feature.
> But don't just remove the call to make-obsolete-variable.
Based on the discussion that followed my original question, I became
convinced that this variable is not obsolete at all. Thus, what I did
eventually had nothing to do with eliminating the warning per se.
> > No, it's not obsolete.
>
> The "obsolete" thingy mostly means "slated for removal", AFAIC. So,
> yes, it is "obsolete" because I plan to remove it altogether.
Declaring something obsolete requires that we name which other feature
to use in its stead. Do we have such an alternative in place?
> > Its use for character code unification is obsolete, but otherwise
> > having a possibility to translate the output of an input method is
> > a valuable feature.
>
> I see no such evidence.
My evidence is that there's no alternative to translating the output
of an input method.
> > I understand Handa-san objected to deleting it in the past.
>
> Yes, simply out of fear that someone somewhere might use it. Hence the
> `make-obsolete-variable' so aso to warn people that if they use it, they
> should come and see us
I put the same information into the doc string, precisely for that
reason.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-13 10:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-30 14:22 translation-table-for-input Eli Zaretskii
2009-01-31 1:50 ` translation-table-for-input Stefan Monnier
2009-01-31 9:02 ` translation-table-for-input Eli Zaretskii
2009-01-31 17:08 ` translation-table-for-input Stefan Monnier
2009-02-01 6:30 ` translation-table-for-input Richard M Stallman
2009-02-01 21:46 ` translation-table-for-input Stefan Monnier
2009-02-03 9:59 ` translation-table-for-input Richard M Stallman
2009-02-07 10:50 ` translation-table-for-input Eli Zaretskii
2009-02-08 2:00 ` translation-table-for-input Glenn Morris
2009-02-08 4:12 ` translation-table-for-input Eli Zaretskii
2009-02-12 21:58 ` translation-table-for-input Stefan Monnier
2009-02-13 10:38 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2009-02-13 14:27 ` translation-table-for-input Stefan Monnier
2009-02-13 15:25 ` translation-table-for-input Eli Zaretskii
2009-02-13 15:54 ` translation-table-for-input Stefan Monnier
2009-02-14 9:09 ` translation-table-for-input Eli Zaretskii
2009-02-14 21:17 ` translation-table-for-input Stefan Monnier
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