Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> schrieb am Di., 6. Sep. 2016 um 20:00 Uhr:

> > From: Philippe Vaucher <philippe.vaucher@gmail.com>
> > Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2016 19:46:47 +0200
> > Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>, p.stephani2@gmail.com,
> 23529@debbugs.gnu.org
> >
> > >> My idea is pretty simple: just output the objects as a C file, then
> > >> compile and link the file.
> > >
> > > So we will be giving up the ability of end-users to re-dump their
> > > Emacs, unless they have a compiler/binutils installed that are
> > > compatible with the ones used to build the Emacs binary?
> >
> > I doubt many end-users are aware of this feature, let alone use it.
>
> Rarely used is not the same as useless and unneeded.  Whenever you
> remove a feature, expect someone to come up with complaints about
> regressions.
>

If we care enough about this feature, then instead of writing C code we can
write some portable serialization format (e.g. protobuf). That will be a
bit slower, but that might be OK.