From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: How to disable warnings about single quotes in emacs-29 Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2022 13:53:07 +0200 Message-ID: <877d5rbcd8.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87tu8wk8w8.fsf@gnus.org> <87tu8wek1l.fsf@posteo.net> <87wndscqhv.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="13268"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Thierry Volpiatto , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "T.V Raman" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 08 14:09:50 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nyuVS-0003EF-1q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 08 Jun 2022 14:09:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34534 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nyuVO-0002Ha-Hy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 08 Jun 2022 08:09:48 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48952) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nyuFQ-0008DI-T3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Jun 2022 07:53:18 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2]:54284) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nyuFO-0006wI-9O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Jun 2022 07:53:16 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=XiPptCtdx35J3IDCk6OjofMnR1PWdYPNmPz4ah/xFbo=; b=iYbKhtlStKExSvYI//OH0eONvp DUBcDs44sMtt1tF4+QinoDo2+DsSJWUPv7SRQU+3bL+egCDsBGSwrcMqyGDXpWe1JLo4GdG8QCULF Ob0REFC090/CsR8PnKvT8bmIbAABI1swMq7McPxiI9kYGdBUgQcZZmj7jZPidcNfUrBg=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nyuFI-0005wo-6x; Wed, 08 Jun 2022 13:53:10 +0200 In-Reply-To: (T. V. Raman's message of "Tue, 07 Jun 2022 12:42:36 -0700") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2; envelope-from=larsi@gnus.org; helo=quimby.gnus.org X-Spam_score_int: -43 X-Spam_score: -4.4 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:290919 Archived-At: "T.V Raman" writes: > If we generate warnings that are annoying, that then lead to developers > turning off warnings, it has two negative consequences: > > 1. Useful warnings get ignored > 2. The work that went into generating those annoying warnings is wasted. > > So I suggest that if we find developers reporting warnings that are > annoying, then we fix the annoyance, There will always (absolutely always) be (some) developers that find whatever we're changing annoying, so that's not a good rule of thumb. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no