Re: replacement of find-file-not-found-hooks

[Uwe Brauer]

>>> "SK" == Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:

> Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
>> Should we make the old name `find-file-not-found-hooks' an alias for
>> `find-file-not-found-functions'?  Perhaps make it obsolete now, and
>> rename it in version 32?

> It was declared obsolete (with `define-obsolete-variable-alias') already
> in Emacs version 22.1, and it was subsequently removed in Emacs 29.1.

Let me add some comments, as a very-long-time user.

The problem I encountered has to do with auto-insert-tkld.el a package
that dates back to 1988, and still works and does the job it was
designed for.

Now renaming a functionality breaks down older packages (and in this
particular case I would have preferred if that hook (or function) had
been called find-file-not-found-hook-functions, or something like this,
because it makes it easier for the user to pin down the problem.

I recently slowed down in trying out the latest emacs versions (that is
master), just because of this issue: renaming functions and variables will
cause me to spend maybe a couple of days fixing things.

Don't get me wrong, if there is a new exciting feature, like full BIDI
support or prettify-symbols-mode, I will try it out.

But nowadays I only upgrade if the packages I use most, like auctex and
orgmode require it.

I wished there was compatibility file, in which old for some reason
obsolete variables, functions etc would go so that the user you upgrade
more swiftly.

Regards

Uwe Brauer

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