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X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c09::230 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:226448 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 14:58:56 -0400 >> From: "Perry E. Metzger" >> Cc: dancol@dancol.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org >>=20 >> The original question was "should we keep the code that isn't needed >> by emacs on the premise something else might need it someday." I was >> implying that, no, the odds that something else would want it someday >> seem low. > > Yes, but the reason to keep the code not needed by Emacs is not > because someone outside of Emacs will want it. It's because we > ourselves use it in etags. > We could switch to external etags, and remove our copy. I=CA=BCm assuming there are differences between the two implementations, but I don=CA=BCt know exactly what they are. Robert