Re: [PATCH] Add an option to not reduce vocabulary of the Japanese

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Taiju HIGASHI <higashi@taiju.info>
> Cc: larsi@gnus.org,  handa@gnu.org,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2022 12:50:31 +0900
> 
> 
> > Sorry, I had forgotten that handa-san had advised me to add functions
> > and commands separately and avoid making backward incompatible changes.
> >
> > I will make another patch later.
> 
> Sorry for sending several emails.
> 
> I was going to go into the implementation, but I am beginning to feel
> that it is inconsistent that the default behavior has changed, but the
> behavior of commands and functions has remained the same.
> 
> For example, if the batch-skkdic-convert-without-reduction command is
> added separately, users who dare to regenerate a Japanese dictionary
> with a reduced vocabulary will execute batch-skkdic-convert.
> It is disconcerting that a command that we can assume is used by default
> behaves the same as commands in the past.
> 
> I would like to get other people's opinions on whether I should do that,
> since it has the side effect of making the code less maintainable.

We don't need to change the default behavior of the existing
commands.  We can leave the default behavior the same, and introduce
optional arguments to produce the new behavior.  We just want the
build process to use this new behavior by default, and allow users to
request the old behavior at configure time.

OK?