Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> schrieb am Mi., 5. Okt. 2016, 09:38:

> > From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha@gmail.com>
> > Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2016 16:10:25 +0900 (JST)
> > cc: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha@gmail.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> >
> > > This proposal has a disadvantage of being confusingly similar to what
> > > call-process provides, except that there the cdr is a file name, not a
> > > buffer.
> > I see as an advantage: it follows similar syntaxis as `call-process', so
> > it's easier to remember.
>
> So you see an advantage where I see a disadvantage.  Interesting.
>
> > The difference 'buffer' <--> 'file' makes clear in the doc strings.
>
> It is IME best not to create confusion that requires to read the
> documentation in the first place.
>
> > > What advantages do you see to adding this convenience feature, when
> > > make-process already provides it?
> > Again, some people may be familiar with (buf-out . buf-err) idiom from
> > `call-process', and they may be reluctant to use functions using
> > keyword arguments.  Not my case, though.
>
> Does anyone else have an opinion on this proposal?
>

My opinion would be to mark start-process as obsolete.

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