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Re: [PATCH] * etc/NEWS: Document incompatibilities introduced by record


From: Richard Stallman
Subject: Re: [PATCH] * etc/NEWS: Document incompatibilities introduced by record types.
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 18:03:07 -0500

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  > When was the last time you saw a user try to redefine the
  > "integer" type?

Since this is a new feature, we have no evidence about how often that
will happen.

But that is a secondary question.  It is better to help people catch
errors early, and it doesn't cause any harm, so let's do it.

Just because there are many things one could do in Emacs that would
screw things up is not an argument for making more.  The most it argues
for is that we need not bend over backwards to avoid more.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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