Re: [PATCH] Raise an error when detecting old-style backquotes.

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Re: [PATCH] Raise an error when detecting old-style backquotes.

From:	Philipp Stephani
Subject:	Re: [PATCH] Raise an error when detecting old-style backquotes.
Date:	Tue, 03 Oct 2017 18:36:30 +0000

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> schrieb am Di., 3. Okt. 2017 um 19:44 Uhr:

> * src/lread.c (Fload): Don’t use record_unwind_protect to warn about
> old-style backquotes any more. They now generate a hard error.

Not sure what's the benefit of raising a hard error, over just removing
the obsolete feature altogether.

Removing the special treatment would change the behavior. I'd rather have a time span where developers would get hard errors instead of subtle behavior changes.

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Old-style backquotes, Philipp Stephani, 2017/10/03
- Re: Old-style backquotes, Paul Eggert, 2017/10/03
  - [PATCH] Raise an error when detecting old-style backquotes., Philipp Stephani, 2017/10/03
    - Re: [PATCH] Raise an error when detecting old-style backquotes., Stefan Monnier, 2017/10/03
    - Re: [PATCH] Raise an error when detecting old-style backquotes., Philipp Stephani <=
    - Re: [PATCH] Raise an error when detecting old-style backquotes., Stefan Monnier, 2017/10/03
    - Re: [PATCH] Raise an error when detecting old-style backquotes., Philipp Stephani, 2017/10/08
    - Re: [PATCH] Raise an error when detecting old-style backquotes., Stefan Monnier, 2017/10/08
    - Re: [PATCH] Raise an error when detecting old-style backquotes., Richard Stallman, 2017/10/04
    - Re: [PATCH] Raise an error when detecting old-style backquotes., Stefan Monnier, 2017/10/04
    - Re: [PATCH] Raise an error when detecting old-style backquotes., Richard Stallman, 2017/10/05
    - Re: [PATCH] Raise an error when detecting old-style backquotes., Stefan Monnier, 2017/10/06
    - Re: [PATCH] Raise an error when detecting old-style backquotes., Richard Stallman, 2017/10/06
  - Re: Old-style backquotes, Eli Zaretskii, 2017/10/03
    - Re: Old-style backquotes, Philipp Stephani, 2017/10/08

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