[debbugs-tracker] bug#16959: closed (24.3.50; defadvice docstring out of date)

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broken in c-mode, python-mode,     maybe-others
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #16959,
regarding 24.3.50; defadvice docstring out of date
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> 24.3.50; defadvice docstring out of date
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> Fri, 07 Mar 2014 16:00:08 +0100
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> Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.3.0
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> The docstring of defadvice says
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> See Info node `(elisp)Advising Functions' for comprehensive documentation.
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> This is no longer true. Also, while the old advice mechanism seems to 
> have been be obsoleted, the help doesn't say so.
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> BTW, the nadvice info could use some more examples and a note on how to 
> transition from defadvice. Kind of obvious, I know, but only in hindsight.
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> Florian Beck
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> Re: bug#16981: 24.3.50; electric-pair-delete-adjacent-pairs broken in c-mode, python-mode,	maybe-others
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux)
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> >> Why do you think it is obsolete?
> > Because every hint of its existence has been expunged from the documentation
> > and the new advice seems to offer the same functionality.
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> Indeed, it's technically obsolete, but it's not declared officially
> obsolete yet.  It will come, tho.  But it'll be with us for many years
> to come.  OTOH its support is limited to keeping things working.
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> >>> BTW, the nadvice info could use some more examples and a note on how
> >>> to transition from defadvice.
> >> I'll leave this report open till someone does that.
> > Some specifics:
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> I've installed some changes to try and address them.
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>         Stefan
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