From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: save-excursion and the mark Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 11:42:36 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20150224103716.5cb7c25f@anarchist.wooz.org> <20150224151117.566e29ae@anarchist.wooz.org> <20150225113104.24d16b89@limelight.wooz.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1424882613 29977 80.91.229.3 (25 Feb 2015 16:43:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 16:43:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel To: Barry Warsaw Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 25 17:43:20 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YQf3O-0001ab-FH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Feb 2015 17:43:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54973 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YQf3O-0002h5-05 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Feb 2015 11:43:18 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60139) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YQf3L-0002fO-7L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Feb 2015 11:43:15 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YQf3G-0005WE-7m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Feb 2015 11:43:15 -0500 Original-Received: from mercure.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.24.67]:47121) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YQf3G-0005W8-3A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Feb 2015 11:43:10 -0500 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DB6885DA6; Wed, 25 Feb 2015 11:43:09 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from lechon.iro.umontreal.ca (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1410F1E5B8C; Wed, 25 Feb 2015 11:42:37 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: by lechon.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id DA0F1B4172; Wed, 25 Feb 2015 11:42:36 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20150225113104.24d16b89@limelight.wooz.org> (Barry Warsaw's message of "Wed, 25 Feb 2015 11:31:04 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-2.82, requis 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -2.82, MC_TSTLAST 0.00) X-DIRO-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 132.204.24.67 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:183496 Archived-At: > When it's sometimes necessary to break an API, it's best to do it in a > backward compatible way, or progressively deprecate it. Of course. I'm just trying to get a good view of the situation right now, without which no decision can be taken. Stefan