From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 17234@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17234: 24.3.50; overlay priority : cons cells make an error in ediff
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 20:12:48 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83ioqfu6wf.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvbnw7q2uh.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs@gnu.org>
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: rgm@gnu.org, 17234@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 11:56:24 -0400
>
> > Then how can we expect authors of other Lisp packages to be able to
> > fix their code so it works with Emacs 24.4 and later? We must say
> > _something_ in NEWS.
>
> It has always been the case that `priority' could be any value.
>
> Any non-number value was treated as nil by the display engine, whereas
> now some cons values are treated as something else.
>
> But ediff's bug could already be triggered in Emacs<24.4 by a package
> installing an overlay with a `priority' that's a cons cell.
Sorry, I don't see how all this removes the need to inform Lisp
programmers of the change of a long-time traditional behavior.
I don't understand the reason(s) for hiding this information. If you
don't want to divulge some internal details, the information can be
conveyed in a purely functional manner ("don't do XXX; instead, do
YYY" or "don't assume that overlay priority is either an integer or
nil) that doesn't require to describe implementation details. But I
don't see how can we say nothing about this incompatible change.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-04-11 17:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-04-10 9:36 bug#17234: 24.3.50; overlay priority : cons cells make an error in ediff Nicolas Richard
2014-04-10 19:17 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-04-11 0:56 ` Glenn Morris
2014-04-11 12:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-04-11 13:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-04-11 15:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-04-11 16:31 ` Glenn Morris
2014-04-11 20:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-04-11 20:22 ` Glenn Morris
2014-04-15 16:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-04-11 17:12 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2014-04-11 20:07 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-04-21 13:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
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