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[A complimentary Cc of this posting was sent to
Eli Zaretskii 
<eliz@gnu.org>], who wrote in article <mailman.12090.1211533232.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>:
> > If so, why would I want to switch from code which works with two
> > versions of Emacs to code which works only with one?
> 
> Because (1) it's shorter, and (2) the 22.x method is The Right Way,

(1) I do not care if it is short if does not work with many versions;

(2) I've heard such statements many times.  I will believe it when I
    can test it...

> whereas the 21.x method is a kludgy approximation.

Each iteration of this discussion makes "kludgy" look more and more
like an understatement...

Thanks,
Ilya