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From: | Stefan Monnier |
Subject: | Re: What version of Emacs still requires '*' in defcustom docs? |
Date: | Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:17:43 -0500 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.93 (gnu/linux) |
>> > Why is it important to make such a change? >> Because complexity is a problem in itself and as maintainers our main >> task is to try and keep it in check, so the code doesn't crumble under >> its own weight. > So do _nothing_. No added complexity for maintainers. The complexity is there already. It was introduced a long time ago by defcustom. We now know that it is not worth the effort and it's better to merge the two concepts, hence removing some complexity. Stefan
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