Re: write-region bug ?

[Stefan Monnier]

> I don't think we must imagine a specific scenario to justify
> NON-removal of an old feature, just because someone became confused by
> the doc string.  But since you asked...

I'm not suggesting breaking old code, but declaring such use as
non-supported (e.g. mention it in the docstring) and maybe even emit
a warning.

>   (write-region 1 1024 "foo")
>   (write-region "\nEnd-of-foo\n." nil "foo" t t)

Which is just as naturally written:

    (write-region 1 1024 "foo" nil t)
    (write-region "\nEnd-of-foo\n." nil "foo" t)


-- Stefan