Re: Pretest begins end-June

[martin rudalics]

>>> (let ((pop-up-frames t)) (pop-to-buffer buffer))
>> The part I don't understand is why we can't preserve backward
>> compatibility for such code.
>
> It is not just, or even most importantly, about backward compatibility.  Being
> able to determine/regulate the behavior with a dynamic binding is an important
> feature.  This change would apparently remove/limit that possibility.

Unfortunately not.  But it's an attempt to discourage that possibility
by providing a suitable alternative - passing an explicit argument.

IMHO an application may request (or better "suggest") specific behavior
and set private variables.  But it should not change or rebind any user
option.

martin