From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Is that change a good idea? Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 23:07:19 +0100 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1111097468 10912 80.91.229.2 (17 Mar 2005 22:11:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 22:11:08 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 17 23:11:08 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DC3CZ-0001Iw-VI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 23:10:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DC3PZ-0007F8-Pl for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:24:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DC3Ow-0007Av-2r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:23:34 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DC3Os-00078h-PJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:23:31 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DC3Os-00078Q-Il for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:23:30 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DC39L-00060L-MI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:07:27 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DC39L-0004hA-4r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:07:27 -0500 Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org X-MailScanner-To: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:34682 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:34682 I have seen 2005-03-16 Stefan Monnier * help.el (describe-mode): Allow a :minor-mode-function property to specify a different minor mode toggle function than the variable. * simple.el (auto-fill-function): * subr.el (add-minor-mode): Use it. I have my doubts that the resulting flexibility is really in the best interest of the users... In the case where we have to deal with backward compatibility, would it not be better to use either defvaralias or defalias to point the "traditional" at the "straightforward" variable or function? What do others think? -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum