* Some vc-dispatcher nitpicks
@ 2008-05-16 18:25 Glenn Morris
2008-05-16 19:55 ` Eric S. Raymond
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From: Glenn Morris @ 2008-05-16 18:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel; +Cc: esr
In toplevel form:
vc-dispatcher.el:768:1:Warning: !! The file uses old-style backquotes !!
This functionality has been obsolete for more than 10 years already
and will be removed soon. See (elisp)Backquote in the manual.
In vc-at-event:
vc-dispatcher.el:812:16:Warning: Function `gensym' from cl package
called at runtime
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* Re: Some vc-dispatcher nitpicks
2008-05-16 18:25 Some vc-dispatcher nitpicks Glenn Morris
@ 2008-05-16 19:55 ` Eric S. Raymond
2008-05-16 21:11 ` John Paul Wallington
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From: Eric S. Raymond @ 2008-05-16 19:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Glenn Morris; +Cc: esr, emacs-devel
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>:
> In toplevel form:
> vc-dispatcher.el:768:1:Warning: !! The file uses old-style backquotes !!
> This functionality has been obsolete for more than 10 years already
> and will be removed soon. See (elisp)Backquote in the manual.
I think this may be a false positive. I did look into it; it seems the line
construct triggering the warning is the prefix comma on line 804, which looks
like new-style to me. Correct me if I'm wrong.
> In vc-at-event:
> vc-dispatcher.el:812:16:Warning: Function `gensym' from cl package
> called at runtime
Yeah, that's a real warning that I inherited. Not sure why it's a problem, though.
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* Re: Some vc-dispatcher nitpicks
2008-05-16 19:55 ` Eric S. Raymond
@ 2008-05-16 21:11 ` John Paul Wallington
2008-05-16 22:08 ` Eric S. Raymond
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: John Paul Wallington @ 2008-05-16 21:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: esr; +Cc: Glenn Morris, emacs-devel, esr
On 16 May 2008, at 20:55, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>:
>> In toplevel form:
>> vc-dispatcher.el:768:1:Warning: !! The file uses old-style
>> backquotes !!
>> This functionality has been obsolete for more than 10 years already
>> and will be removed soon. See (elisp)Backquote in the manual.
>
> I think this may be a false positive. I did look into it; it seems
> the line
> construct triggering the warning is the prefix comma on line 804,
> which looks
> like new-style to me. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Yup. But there's no actual backquote for it to apply to though.
>> In vc-at-event:
>> vc-dispatcher.el:812:16:Warning: Function `gensym' from cl package
>> called at runtime
>
> Yeah, that's a real warning that I inherited. Not sure why it's a
> problem, though.
`gensym' is a function rather than a macro and it apparently doesn't
have a corresponding compiler macro. Use or loading of cl at runtime
by packages that are installed in the Emacs sources is verboten.
Is it okay to install the following patch?
2008-05-16 John Paul Wallington <jpw@pobox.com>
* vc-dispatcher.el (vc-dir-mode-map): Fix backquote.
(vc-at-event): Use `make-symbol' instead of `gensym'.
--- vc-dispatcher.el.~1.48.~ 2008-05-15 18:00:35.000000000 +0100
+++ vc-dispatcher.el 2008-05-16 21:52:45.000000000 +0100
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@
;; Hook up the menu.
(define-key map [menu-bar vc-dir-mode]
- '(menu-item
+ `(menu-item
;; This is used so that client modes can add mode-specific
;; menu items to vc-dir-menu-map.
"*vc-dispatcher*" ,vc-dir-menu-map :filter vc-dir-menu-map-
filter))
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@
"Evaluate `body' wich point located at event-start of `event'.
If `body' uses `event', it should be a variable,
otherwise it will be evaluated twice."
- (let ((posn (gensym "vc-at-event-posn")))
+ (let ((posn (make-symbol "vc-at-event-posn")))
`(let ((,posn (event-start ,event)))
(save-excursion
(set-buffer (window-buffer (posn-window ,posn)))
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* Re: Some vc-dispatcher nitpicks
2008-05-16 21:11 ` John Paul Wallington
@ 2008-05-16 22:08 ` Eric S. Raymond
2008-05-17 10:42 ` John Paul Wallington
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From: Eric S. Raymond @ 2008-05-16 22:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: John Paul Wallington; +Cc: Glenn Morris, emacs-devel, esr
John Paul Wallington <jpw@pobox.com>:
> `gensym' is a function rather than a macro and it apparently doesn't
> have a corresponding compiler macro. Use or loading of cl at runtime by
> packages that are installed in the Emacs sources is verboten.
Hmmm...can anyone explain why that is? It should be docunted somewhere.
> Is it okay to install the following patch?
Yes, that looks good. Thanks. It might be possible to remove the eval-compile
of cl, as well, once you've done this; you'd be doing me a favor if you checked.
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* Re: Some vc-dispatcher nitpicks
2008-05-16 22:08 ` Eric S. Raymond
@ 2008-05-17 10:42 ` John Paul Wallington
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From: John Paul Wallington @ 2008-05-17 10:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: esr; +Cc: Glenn Morris, emacs-devel, esr
On 16 May 2008, at 23:08, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> John Paul Wallington <jpw@pobox.com>:
>> `gensym' is a function rather than a macro and it apparently doesn't
>> have a corresponding compiler macro. Use or loading of cl at
>> runtime by
>> packages that are installed in the Emacs sources is verboten.
>
> Hmmm...can anyone explain why that is? It should be docunted
> somewhere.
It's policy. It is documented in the elisp manual; see (elisp) Coding
Conventions:
* Please don't require the `cl' package of Common Lisp extensions at
run time. Use of this package is optional, and it is not part of
the standard Emacs namespace. If your package loads `cl' at run
time, that could cause name clashes for users who don't use that
package.
However, there is no problem with using the `cl' package at
compile time, with `(eval-when-compile (require 'cl))'. That's
sufficient for using the macros in the `cl' package, because the
compiler expands them before generating the byte-code.
>> Is it okay to install the following patch?
>
> Yes, that looks good. Thanks. It might be possible to remove the
> eval-compile
> of cl, as well, once you've done this; you'd be doing me a favor if
> you checked.
Checked it. Doesn't work, though I mistakenly thought it did. O_o
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