Re: changing function signatures and no library version # => must use too-general test

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>     I don't know specifically what happened with help-insert-xref-button,
>     but it's prety common to change a function's list of arguments without
>     subsantially changing its body and/or its conceptual meaning, in which
>     case it will usually makes more sense to keep the same name.

> Too bad for Emacs users. No, I don't see how that usually makes more sense,
> whether it is common or not.

In most coding practices, there is this thing about choosing your function
names based on what they do.

> Annoyance to developers is important, but it is not as important as clean
> software and clear software maintenance.

It is *specifically* for clarity of the code and clear software maintenance
that function names should be chosen correctly, without having to worry
about previously used names.


        Stefan