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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: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 17:16:18 -0500

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  > The 20 years of experience with cl.el's defstruct, plus the 10 years of
  > experience with eieio's defclass seem to disagree.

That is not a conclusive argument, just a sketch.  Please fill in the
gaps so we can see how valid that argument is.

The issue at hand is that defining a record called 'hashtable' or 'integer'
can alter how built-in types print.

If someone uses 'hashtable' or 'integer' as the name in cl's defining
or eieio's defclass, would that alter how built-in types print?  If not,
then they are not pertinent to the issue.

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