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> From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2021 09:36:08 +0200
> 
> > I don't necessarily object, but why is it important to have this
> > command in Emacs 28?  Just being useful is not enough, IMO: there are
> > quite a few features that have this property and are orthogonal to the
> > rest of the code, so allowing this addition will then beg the question
> > why not those others as well?
> 
> I have no answer for "why is it important". I found it just convenient;
> if you see the disadvantage in adding it to emacs-28, I follow.
> Personally, I know how to define that command in Emacs 28 while bug
> hunting :-)

I understand.  But we must draw a line somewhere, if we want to
release Emacs 28 sooner rather than later.