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Stefan Monnier wrote:

>> -       (let ((definition (indirect-function thing t)))
>> +       (let ((definition (ignore-errors (indirect-function thing))))
>
> Why `ignore-errors'?

My mistake.

> The Emacs-25 behavior of (indirect-function thing) is the same as the
> old (indirect-function thing t), AFAIK (hence the removal of the now
> redundant argument).

Something like that should be in NEWS.