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Re: byte-compilation woes (cont'd)
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Daniel Colascione |
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Re: byte-compilation woes (cont'd) |
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:51:42 -0700 |
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On 03/25/2014 04:42 PM, Daniel Colascione wrote:
> On 03/25/2014 04:19 PM, Drew Adams wrote:
>> Here's the problem. My library help-fns+.el extends help-fns.el
>> in various ways. It is compatible with Emacs 22 through 24. Until
>> now, you could byte-compile it using Emacs 23 and use the compiled
>> file with Emacs 22, 23, or 24 - no problem. Handy for someone (like
>> me) who has multiple Emacs versions.
By the way: you might want to reconsider your use of function overrides
in your *+.el packages. That's about the riskiest possible thing to do
from a compatibility perspective, and it's impossible to maintain
compatibility with packages that work like this. I know you want to run
on older versions of Emacs, but it'd be better to contribute these
changes to the core.
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