From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net>
Cc: 50214@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#50214: 28.0.50; cl-struct changes may affect user packages in the wild
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 21:37:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y28ot2u8.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAO_b3FW+nDdXGGVw9hfYCfbf+Od6d9Gbs_wwkjYJseUehtdSQw@mail.gmail.com> (Adam Porter's message of "Thu, 26 Aug 2021 11:47:09 -0500")
Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net> writes:
> A helpful user of my ts.el package discovered a change in Emacs 28
> that breaks it:
>
> https://github.com/alphapapa/ts.el/issues/18
>
> Specifically, this commit changes the internal struct constructor from
> a plist to an alist:
[...]
> I don't know if this is something you'd want to reconsider. I guess
> there was a good reason for the changes being made. And maybe what
> ts.el is doing is considered unsupported, which would seem like a
> not-unreasonable position.
I'm not very familiar with the internals of cl-struct, but if I
understand correctly, I think this is... well... an internal thing
that package writers should expect to change, so they shouldn't rely on
things like this.
But I've added Stefan to the CCs; perhaps he has some comments.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-26 19:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-26 16:47 bug#50214: 28.0.50; cl-struct changes may affect user packages in the wild Adam Porter
2021-08-26 17:50 ` Arthur Miller
2021-08-26 19:37 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2021-08-26 20:52 ` Adam Porter
2021-09-04 17:37 ` Philipp
2022-08-22 14:35 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-08-22 21:24 ` Adam Porter
2022-08-23 10:08 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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