Re: scratch/command 064f146 1/2: Change command to interactive ... modes

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 17.02.2021 10:50, Stefan Kangas wrote:
> Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru> writes:
>
> > On 17.02.2021 00:00, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> > > And again, I don't see what makes extending `interactive' so special
> > > here.  We introduce new things in Emacs Lisp all the time when we think
> > > that that improves the language.
> >
> > You're extending it in an incompatible way, one that most third-party
> > code won't be able to make use of for years to come.
>
> I don't think the second half of this sentence is correct.  Please see
> my compatibility macro `future-interactive' posted to this list.

You're right, so strictly speaking, someone who really likes the new 
'interactive' form, can use it. At the cost of minor inconveniences like 
having to depend on an extra package, some grepping disadvantages and 
whatever potential issue with 'edebug' that Stefan mentioned.