From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] emacs/lisp image.el Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:51:59 +0300 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87r5ut6o1s.fsf@mail.jurta.org> References: <87ljl2z3ex.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1251666027 10740 80.91.229.12 (30 Aug 2009 21:00:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:00:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs developers To: Juanma Barranquero Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 30 23:00:20 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MhrVb-0000R2-NO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:00:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43774 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MhrVb-0006Ce-86 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:00:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MhrUm-0005s5-Iv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:59:28 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MhrUi-0005rl-Dk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:59:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46329 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MhrUi-0005rb-95 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:59:24 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp-out2.starman.ee ([85.253.0.4]:33006 helo=mx2.starman.ee) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MhrUh-0000kr-LU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:59:23 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: by Amavisd-New at mx2.starman.ee Original-Received: from mail.starman.ee (82.131.28.7.cable.starman.ee [82.131.28.7]) by mx2.starman.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2CE53F41D5; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:59:16 +0300 (EEST) In-Reply-To: (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:14:27 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:114884 Archived-At: > IMO, it is inconsistent with what image.el (or indeed Emacs) offers; > we don't have functions to detect the different image formats > supported by TIFF, for example. > > `image-jpeg-p' was never a published interface, just a helper > function. As a very crude test, googling for it brings a few hits > (plus "image/jpeg" false hits), most of which seem to be from our code > or bug reports. It's unlikely the function has received wide usage > (yes, private libraries and most .emacs files do not appear in Google; > I said "crude"). > > If removing it is too severe, at least obsoleting it seems to be in > order. It is unused in the sources, too specific, inconsistently > documented, and internal. Then I agree that obsoleting it won't cause any harm. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/