Re: Compatibility aliases, defsubsts, and macros...

[Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>]

Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com> writes:

> Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> wrote:
>
>> 2006/1/31, Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>:
>> > > #2 is very important; the bad old practice of just defining the
>> > > standard functions on systems which didn't have it built in (as you
>> > > demonstrate) caused many problems.
>> >
>> > Just out of curiosity, do you remember the problems?
>> 
>> It intereferes with other packages that are trying to test the
>> environment by probing the existance or non-existance of certain
>> functions.
>
> "Bing." Lightbulb goes off. Got it. Of course. Thanks.
>
> Fixing those baddies in MH-E now before you notice ;-).

Done.

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