From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kan-Ru Chen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: old-style backquotes now generates void macro Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:03:49 +0800 Message-ID: <874oahmd96.fsf@anar.kanru.info> References: <87mxoawchk.fsf@anar.kanru.info> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1292285065 25617 80.91.229.12 (14 Dec 2010 00:04:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:04:25 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 14 01:04:21 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PSINP-0005YU-Vm for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Dec 2010 01:04:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52980 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PSINP-0007iu-Ch for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:04:19 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=43155 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PSINL-0007iW-DU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:04:16 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PSINK-0002sW-1q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:04:15 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:43753) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PSINJ-0002sM-Qx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:04:14 -0500 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PSINI-0005UF-5u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Dec 2010 01:04:12 +0100 Original-Received: from 118-168-238-114.dynamic.hinet.net ([118.168.238.114]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2010 01:04:11 +0100 Original-Received: from kanru by 118-168-238-114.dynamic.hinet.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2010 01:04:11 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 22 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 118-168-238-114.dynamic.hinet.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:KOG/RloPb4QuPB/juL1MdjQcZrs= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:133668 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> ,----[ *Compile-Log* ] >> | Compiling file /home/kanru/test.el at Mon Dec 13 11:45:18 2010 >> | test.el:1:1:Warning: !! The file uses old-style backquotes !! >> | This functionality has been obsolete for more than 10 years already >> | and will be removed soon. See (elisp)Backquote in the manual. >> | test.el:4:8:Error: Symbol's function definition is void: >> `---- > >> Affected package like APEL and BBDB cannot be compiled now. Is this >> intended to push the phase out of old-style backquotes? > > There's indeed a newly introduced bug in the old-style backquote code. > It'll get fixed before the Emacs-24 release, but in the mean time you'd > be well-advised to get rid of that dinosaur in "your" source code. Well, it is indeed a good chance to get rid of the relics. But if you said that this is no longer supported, it seems to be more convincing for people to upgrade "their" code, isn't it? ;-) - Kanru