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Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs


From: João Távora
Subject: Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 14:50:13 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux)

Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:

> João Távora <joaotavora@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>>>> I think this uncleanliness is a bit risky.  Better put the definitions
>>>> in their own namespace.  I don't think "transparent compatibility" is
>>>> worth the trouble here, and I don't think `s`, `f`, ... solve the
>>>> same problem.
>>>
>>> Can symbol-renaming help here, perhaps?  I believe João is trying to
>>> get it ready in time for Emacs 28.
>>
>> Confirmed.  I am working on the documentation and hope to provide
>> "hygienic", drop-in versions of those very `s.el`, `f.el` libraries.  I
>> agree with Stefan that those libraries don't seem to be solving the same
>> problem of forward-compatibility, though (at least how I've understood
>> it, which may very well be "not at all").
>
> Where can I find the code/examples on how this would look like?

See my reply in the side thread.  Thanks.

João



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