From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: `looking-back' strange warning Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 22:10:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <852ec205-6ca0-4063-8020-da83a0de57a4@default> References: <560B9C7F.2060301@easy-emacs.de>> <560CD7CE.4010404@yandex.ru> > > NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1443762679 3112 80.91.229.3 (2 Oct 2015 05:11:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 05:11:19 +0000 (UTC) To: Stefan Monnier , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 02 07:11:04 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhscZ-0001y0-F1 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Oct 2015 07:11:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57537 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhscY-0006iM-Tf for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Oct 2015 01:11:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56028) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhscM-0006iH-Ep for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Oct 2015 01:10:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhscJ-00018F-18 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Oct 2015 01:10:50 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:42206) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhscI-00017f-OR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Oct 2015 01:10:46 -0400 Original-Received: from userv0021.oracle.com (userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id t925AiAF026108 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 2 Oct 2015 05:10:44 GMT Original-Received: from userv0122.oracle.com (userv0122.oracle.com [156.151.31.75]) by userv0021.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t925AiJG011937 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Fri, 2 Oct 2015 05:10:44 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0009.oracle.com (abhmp0009.oracle.com [141.146.116.15]) by userv0122.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t925AhLD020170; Fri, 2 Oct 2015 05:10:43 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:107453 Archived-At: > > 2. IMHO, this kind of information should not be presented as a warning. > > There is no specific danger involved, such as possible loss of data > > or material. >=20 > There is a clear and real danger that the code will stop working in > a future Emacs version. Blah. That's what a deprecation notice is for. It is not what warnings are for. And certainly not a self-proclaimed "warning" that incorrectly and nonsensically states that "2-3" arguments are required when only 1 is required.