From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juanma Barranquero Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Windows 9X compatibility Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:09:55 +0200 Message-ID: References: <83634jglab.fsf@gnu.org> <83tys2fbxs.fsf@gnu.org> <87hbo1iubm.fsf@home.jasonrumney.net> <83ljddg0w9.fsf@gnu.org> <4BAE867D.3030404@gmail.com> <4BAE9ED4.6070900@t-online.de> <4BAEA525.20709@gmail.com> <83iq8ggbcp.fsf@gnu.org> <87mxxs3311.fsf@telefonica.net> <83eij430fc.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1269792661 19445 80.91.229.12 (28 Mar 2010 16:11:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:11:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: =?UTF-8?Q?=C3=93scar_Fuentes?= , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 28 18:10:54 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nvv4W-00026e-CG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:10:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54905 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nvv4V-0007fE-CB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:10:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Nvv48-0007KP-0a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:10:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=38412 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nvv46-0007IJ-7z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:10:19 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nvv45-0002BM-2R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:10:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-bw0-f219.google.com ([209.85.218.219]:61318) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nvv44-0002BB-SD; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:10:17 -0400 Original-Received: by bwz19 with SMTP id 19so794945bwz.26 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:10:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:received:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=nGqzTcnRPi9mmmW74AlvVxPuY0fyX1xsICEW4J1I4YY=; b=PPP1v5gylHLK+cQXSzWusKXe1MyyWb9FTOokBo9uWJonmYNDm7Ie0L3f7qsSCsANyP 91vfzKn1NidiaGqa/7Ax1lYZlQ1i5L3wCx/OzB2KiOCdbHvG8Hn2/CLhoBrg2b1SCxfI 9rPqxMfw6AFswjXP+GMe2kkuJHBob4yWUAjpg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Az42IeD36BM/bS/FPtDNX90WIX0r8U1R4Mvk1XbXG0iXLWEfrEXtXKDEgaufNanjfE U/OY5oKzJanC7oXIzqzIV+MYzfRlDkAkMR8Hx3L6C/uG+LH0vvw7d1CWsWH0lP6CySIz +qfItyu8BbWipYgZB3OvWad/riY9Ffd0JjjUk= Original-Received: by 10.204.156.9 with HTTP; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:09:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <83eij430fc.fsf@gnu.org> Original-Received: by 10.204.4.139 with SMTP id 11mr2778813bkr.27.1269792615101; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:10:15 -0700 (PDT) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:122796 Archived-At: On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 17:56, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > True, there is some maintenance burden, but I personally find it > insignificant. =C2=A0The code to load a library safely and invoke functio= ns > that may not exist is very simple, almost boilerplate, and each > additional API that needs this treatment just needs more-or-less > copy-pasted more of the same. > > Once again, I'm bewildered by the intense reaction to this issue, > given the facts. FWIW, I agree. Juanma