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bug#28747: 26.0.60; Usage of "&rest body" in Edebug specs
From: |
Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#28747: 26.0.60; Usage of "&rest body" in Edebug specs |
Date: |
Mon, 31 Jan 2022 03:21:34 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Monnier via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of
text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:
>> Does anyone have thoughts on the idea of adding &repeat as a synonym
>> for &rest in Edebug specs, with the goal of moving &rest towards
>> obsolescence eventually?
>
> I like the idea. Only problem I can see is that it doesn't
> solve the problem for `&optional`.
I guess it could also lead to problems in third-party packages that use
the edebug specs themselves -- they expect symbols tagged up with &rest
and get &repeat instead, breaking their code.
I'm not sure how serious a problem that is, though.
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