From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Odd unused yank-handler arguments
Date: Sun, 02 May 2010 15:50:31 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvd3xet7a9.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <D640F66A247E449EA081196BC55A1109@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 2 May 2010 06:54:29 -0700")
> 2. However, why not give the reason for the change?
Reduce complexity.
> Perhaps the reason is that those functions should never have had such
> an arg. Or perhaps it is that they no longer need it. Or that no
> existing code using them uses the arg. Or...
IIUC the yank-handler code evolved a bit before finding its meaning, and
those args are left overs from this process: they seemed like a good
idea at the time, but in the end all we really care about and need is
the `yank-handler' property.
> Removing an arg is like adding an arg. What's the reason?
Maintenance.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-05-02 19:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-02 6:15 Odd unused yank-handler arguments Stefan Monnier
2010-05-02 13:54 ` Drew Adams
2010-05-02 19:50 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2010-05-02 19:55 ` Drew Adams
2010-05-02 19:48 ` Kim F. Storm
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