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Re: Delete variables obsolete since Emacs 23


From: Richard Stallman
Subject: Re: Delete variables obsolete since Emacs 23
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2020 00:13:49 -0400

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ISTR that we declared interactive-p obsolete because it is an not a
correct solution to the problem it is meant to solve.
The correct solution is to give the function an optional argument
and an interactive spec which provides a non-nil value for that argument
in interactive calls.

There are cases where that gives the right answer,
while interactive-p gives the wrong answer.

The point is, you really should change each of those functions
so that it will not misbehave in those special situations.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman
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