bug#63513: [PATCH] Make persist-defvar work with records and hash tables

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

Daniel Mendler <mail@daniel-mendler.de> writes:

>> AFAIU, the recommended way to implement compat function definitions that
>> are not yet added to compat.el is using `compat-defun' + `compat-call'.
>> Then, one can simply drop `compat-defun' after the function is finally
>> release with compat.el without touching the rest of the code.
>
> `compat-call` is meant to be used to call "extended functions", for
> example functions with additional arguments. See the Compat manual for
> details.
>
> The macros from compat-macs.el (`compat-defun` etc.) are internal as
> documented in the file compat-macs.el. These macros must not be used
> outside Compat.
>
> So using Compat here has to wait until compat-30.x is released.

And do I understand correctly that compat-30 will only be released after
Emacs 30 is released? If so, it is awkward for :core packages.

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