From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Dealing with obsoletion warnings in non-core code Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 09:11:51 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20200928143540.GB1002@odonien.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="33245"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Gregory Heytings , Vasilij Schneidermann To: Gregory Heytings via "Emacs development discussions." Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 29 15:12:58 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kNFRC-0008Sm-3n for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 29 Sep 2020 15:12:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56238 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kNFRB-0006u6-57 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 29 Sep 2020 09:12:57 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:33654) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kNFQF-0005jc-MX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Sep 2020 09:12:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:47700) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kNFQC-0005RT-DS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Sep 2020 09:11:58 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id AAD6880855; Tue, 29 Sep 2020 09:11:54 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 0AF7B80581; Tue, 29 Sep 2020 09:11:53 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1601385113; bh=D8zqdshSRJdLCL2fVcb3bBefxRf6yNf34+WuRRhPPM0=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=b4yrW/IBfMM9w0ytWgcsAUGPIaP2ZakWgQ8/W5pSAYLPi6x8hauCxo9wVjzX4nwU8 NfNzQlolClxil2gQ+lspGZgkXbDBkPSyaZFxgJRxVp0yFeTQ3IrSDN8cqvm+8ttIda FB1QdXRX3DXjEJMakb5RQ2EQznKJGpIARr12CZzu6YAK0ksUnlVDA23RAqWxosDBUG /9lM0ePugo+1JL0nO/dR1XFs3/S/zsM0KLqsE1y1vb5sFK91hziapA0xaI2woN2F3N x2wUJ2X5qNW0jkSin3aeyXgmPqQJLGbb0AcX34qrf5eOl6jVfcJczaRpjYgmstIzhe BWbNaaUhPoXGg== Original-Received: from alfajor (unknown [45.72.232.131]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 844E1120319; Tue, 29 Sep 2020 09:11:52 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Gregory Heytings via's message of "Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:21:10 +0000") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/09/29 09:11:54 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:256688 Archived-At: > Here's a proposed solution: > > (defmacro call (fun &rest args) `(funcall (intern (symbol-name ,fun)) ,@args)) > > (defun select-text (text) > (if (> emacs-major-version 25) > (call 'gui-select-text text) > (call 'x-select-text text))) That's just obfuscating the code (which will prevent the compiler from detecting some real errors such as when you have a typo in the function's name or when you don't provide the right number of args), and might be defeated by compiler optimizations. I think the OP's question was how to "do it right", rather than how to work around the problem. Stefan