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Re: New function `emacs-version>='
From: |
Juanma Barranquero |
Subject: |
Re: New function `emacs-version>=' |
Date: |
Sun, 04 May 2003 21:15:28 +0200 |
On Sun, 04 May 2003 01:08:46 +0900, "Stephen J. Turnbull" <address@hidden>
wrote:
> Isn't one enough? :-)
Yeah, it is, for some definition of enough :-)
> The XEmacs Review practice wrt to emacs-version>= is to query the
> patch author if a feature test couldn't be used instead. About half
> the time in my experience the author makes a reasonable case (eg, if a
> package depends on multiple features that all came available with a
> certain version).
Wouldn't, in that case, be enough to test for just *one* of these
multiple features?
> I like Stefan's idea though; I think I'm going to implement it. It
> should sufficiently annoy people that they'll book up on Ben's new
> suite of warning control APIs, too. :-)
:-)
But, honestly: I'm not deadly opposed to emacs-version>=, it's just I
think most of the time it's the wrong test. Adding the function amounts
to encouraging its use, unless Stefan's idea (or any strong variant) is
also implemented.
/L/e/k/t/u
- [Suggestion] New function `emacs-version>=', Wedler, Christoph, 2003/05/02
- Re: New function `emacs-version>=', Juanma Barranquero, 2003/05/02
- Re: New function `emacs-version>=', Stefan Monnier, 2003/05/02
- Re: New function `emacs-version>=', Juanma Barranquero, 2003/05/02
- Re: New function `emacs-version>=', Ehud Karni, 2003/05/03
- Re: New function `emacs-version>=', Juanma Barranquero, 2003/05/03
- Re: New function `emacs-version>=', Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/05/03
- Re: New function `emacs-version>=',
Juanma Barranquero <=
- Re: New function `emacs-version>=', Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/05/06
- Re: New function `emacs-version>=', Richard Stallman, 2003/05/04
- Re: New function `emacs-version>=', Reiner Steib, 2003/05/03
- Re: New function `emacs-version>=', Stefan Monnier, 2003/05/03
- sort-coding-systems in 21.3 and RC branch (was: New function `emacs-version>='), Reiner Steib, 2003/05/05
- Re: sort-coding-systems in 21.3 and RC branch (was: New function `emacs-version>='), Kenichi Handa, 2003/05/06
Re: [Suggestion] New function `emacs-version>=', Thien-Thi Nguyen, 2003/05/02
Re: [Suggestion] New function `emacs-version>=', Richard Stallman, 2003/05/04
Re: [Suggestion] New function `emacs-version>=', Istvan Marko, 2003/05/06