[Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r101770: Remove directory-sep-char, obsolete since 21.1.

[Glenn Morris]

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revno: 101770
committer: Glenn Morris <address@hidden>
branch nick: trunk
timestamp: Sun 2010-10-03 14:23:13 -0700
message:
  Remove directory-sep-char, obsolete since 21.1.
  
  * lisp/subr.el (directory-sep-char): Remove obsolete variable.
  * lisp/net/tramp-compat.el: Don't mess about with the byte-compiler unless
  it is "necessary".
  
  * doc/lispref/files.texi (File Name Components): Remove ignored
  section about deleted variable directory-sep-char.
  
  * etc/NEWS: Mention above change.
modified:
  doc/lispref/ChangeLog
  doc/lispref/files.texi
  etc/NEWS
  lisp/ChangeLog
  lisp/net/tramp-compat.el
  lisp/subr.el

=== modified file 'doc/lispref/ChangeLog'
--- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog     2010-10-03 15:58:09 +0000
+++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog     2010-10-03 21:23:13 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-10-03  Glenn Morris  <address@hidden>
+
+       * files.texi (File Name Components): Remove ignored section about
+       deleted variable directory-sep-char.
+
 2010-10-03  Michael Albinus  <address@hidden>
 
        * files.texi (Magic File Names): New defopt

=== modified file 'doc/lispref/files.texi'
--- a/doc/lispref/files.texi    2010-10-03 15:58:09 +0000
+++ b/doc/lispref/files.texi    2010-10-03 21:23:13 +0000
@@ -1758,20 +1758,6 @@
 not an extension.
 @end defun
 
address@hidden
-Andrew Innes says that this
-
address@hidden @defvar directory-sep-char
-This variable holds the character that Emacs normally uses to separate
-file name components.  The default value is @code{?/}, but on MS-Windows
-you can set it to @code{?\\}; then the functions that transform file names
-use backslashes in their output.
-
-File names using backslashes work as input to Lisp primitives even on
-MS-DOS and MS-Windows, even if @code{directory-sep-char} has its default
-value of @code{?/}.
address@hidden defvar
address@hidden ignore
 
 @node Relative File Names
 @subsection Absolute and Relative File Names

=== modified file 'etc/NEWS'
--- a/etc/NEWS  2010-10-03 21:05:47 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS  2010-10-03 21:23:13 +0000
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@
 
 ** The following variables and aliases, obsolete since at least Emacs 21.1,
 have been removed:
-checkdoc-minor-keymap, vc-header-alist
+checkdoc-minor-keymap, vc-header-alist, directory-sep-char
 
 
 * Lisp changes in Emacs 24.1

=== modified file 'lisp/ChangeLog'
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog    2010-10-03 21:05:47 +0000
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog    2010-10-03 21:23:13 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2010-10-03  Glenn Morris  <address@hidden>
 
+       * subr.el (directory-sep-char): Remove obsolete variable.
+       * net/tramp-compat.el: Don't mess about with the byte-compiler unless
+       it is "necessary".
+
        * vc/vc-hooks.el (vc-header-alist): Remove obsolete variable.
        * vc/vc.el (vc-static-header-alist): Doc fix.
        * vc/vc-cvs.el (vc-cvs-header):

=== modified file 'lisp/net/tramp-compat.el'
--- a/lisp/net/tramp-compat.el  2010-10-02 13:21:43 +0000
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp-compat.el  2010-10-03 21:23:13 +0000
@@ -88,13 +88,15 @@
   ;; `directory-sep-char' is an obsolete variable in Emacs.  But it is
   ;; used in XEmacs, so we set it here and there.  The following is
   ;; needed to pacify Emacs byte-compiler.
-  (unless (boundp 'byte-compile-not-obsolete-var)
-    (defvar byte-compile-not-obsolete-var nil))
-  (setq byte-compile-not-obsolete-var 'directory-sep-char)
-  ;; Emacs 23.2.
-  (unless (boundp 'byte-compile-not-obsolete-vars)
-    (defvar byte-compile-not-obsolete-vars nil))
-  (setq byte-compile-not-obsolete-vars '(directory-sep-char))
+  ;; Note that it was removed altogether in Emacs 24.1.
+  (when (boundp 'directory-sep-char)
+    (unless (boundp 'byte-compile-not-obsolete-var)
+      (defvar byte-compile-not-obsolete-var nil))
+    (setq byte-compile-not-obsolete-var 'directory-sep-char)
+    ;; Emacs 23.2.
+    (unless (boundp 'byte-compile-not-obsolete-vars)
+      (defvar byte-compile-not-obsolete-vars nil))
+    (setq byte-compile-not-obsolete-vars '(directory-sep-char)))
 
   ;; `remote-file-name-inhibit-cache' has been introduced with Emacs 24.1.
   ;; Besides `t', `nil', and integer, we use also timestamps (as

=== modified file 'lisp/subr.el'
--- a/lisp/subr.el      2010-10-03 01:53:04 +0000
+++ b/lisp/subr.el      2010-10-03 21:23:13 +0000
@@ -1092,11 +1092,6 @@
 (make-obsolete 'process-filter-multibyte-p nil "23.1")
 (make-obsolete 'set-process-filter-multibyte nil "23.1")
 
-(defconst directory-sep-char ?/
-  "Directory separator character for built-in functions that return file names.
-The value is always ?/.")
-(make-obsolete-variable 'directory-sep-char "do not use it, just use `/'." 
"21.1")
-
 (make-obsolete-variable
  'mode-line-inverse-video
  "use the appropriate faces instead."