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Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: Proposal: Forwards-Compatibility Library for Emacs |
Date: |
Tue, 21 Sep 2021 08:31:39 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> By its very nature it is an intrusive package, as it defines functions,
> macros and advice outside of the "namespace", but I don't see any way
> around that if transparent compatibility is to be provided (anything
> else would just replicate dash, s, f, ...).
I think this uncleanliness is a bit risky. Better put the definitions
in their own namespace. I don't think "transparent compatibility" is
worth the trouble here, and I don't think `s`, `f`, ... solve the
same problem.
Stefan