[GNU ELPA] Compat version 29.1.0.1

[ELPA update]

Version 29.1.0.1 of package Compat has just been released in GNU ELPA.
You can now find it in M-x list-packages RET.

Compat describes itself as:

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  Emacs Lisp Compatibility Library
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More at https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/compat.html

## Summary:

  To allow for the usage of Emacs functions and macros that are
  defined in newer versions of Emacs, compat.el provides definitions
  that are installed ONLY if necessary.  If Compat is installed on a
  recent version of Emacs, all of the definitions are disabled at
  compile time, such that no negative performance impact is incurred.
  These reimplementations of functions and macros are at least
  subsets of the actual implementations.  Be sure to read the
  documentation string to make sure.

## Recent NEWS:

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1 Release of "Compat" Version 29.1.0.1
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  • Add multiple new tests for existing APIs.
  • Fix bugs in compatibility functions: `setq-local', `proper-list-p,
    prop-match-p', `file-name-concat', `replace-regexp-in-region',
    `replace-string-in-region'.
  • Add new Emacs 29 APIs. Some of them are still untested and may
    change. If you intend to use an Emacs 29 API please be careful and
    if possible contribute test cases. All untested functions are marked
    as `<UNTESTED>' in the Compat code. Over time tests for all
    functions will be added gradually.
  • Add the macros `compat-call' and `compat-function' to call
    compatibility functions. Since Compat avoids overwriting already
    existing functions, we must define separate compatibility function
    definitions for functions which changed their calling convention or
    behavior. These compatibility definitions can be looked up using
    `compat-function' and called with `compat-call'. For example `assoc'
    can be called with a `TESTFN' since Emacs 29. In Emacs 28 and older
    the calling convention was `(assoc KEY ALIST)'. In order to use the
    new calling convention you can use `(compat-call assoc KEY ALIST
    TESTFN)'.
  • Deprecate all `compat-*' prefixed functions. Instead use the
    aforementioned `compat-call' or `compat-function' macros.
  • Deprecate `compat-help.el' and `compat-font-lock.el.'
  • Development moved to GitHub.
  • BREAKING: Drop broken function `func-arity'. Using `func-arity' is
    generally discouraged and the function is hard to implement properly
    due to all the various function types. There it is unlikely that the
    function will get reintroduced in Compat.
  • BREAKING: Drop broken function `directory-files-recursively'. In
    case you need this function, a patch including tests is welcome.
  • BREAKING: Drop support for Emacs 24.3. Emacs 24.4 is required
    now. In case you still need Emacs 24.3 support, you can rely on
    Compat 28.1.2.2.

  (Release <2023-01-05 Thu>)


2 Release of "Compat" Version 28.1.2.2
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  This is a minor release that hopes to address .

  (Release <2022-08-25 Thu>)


3 Release of "Compat" Version 28.1.2.1
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  This is a minor release adding the following changes:

  • Add `derived-mode-p' defined in Emacs 27
  • Add `provided-mode-derived-p' defined in Emacs 27
  • Add `read-multiple-choice' defined in Emacs 26
  • Add `file-name-absolute-p' defined in Emacs 28

  The only other notable change is that the manual has been rewritten to
  include much more documentation that had been the case previously.

  (Release <2022-08-24 Wed>)


4 Release of "Compat" Version 28.1.2.0
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  The main change of this release has been the major simplification of
  Compat's initialisation system, improving the situation around issues
  people had been reporting (, once again) with unconventional or
  unpopular packaging systems.

  In addition to this, the following functional changes have been made:

  • Fix `format-prompt' of an empty string as "default" argument
  • Add `decoded-time-period' defined in Emacs 28
  • Add `subr-primitive-p' defined in Emacs 28

  Minor improvements to manual are also part of this release.

  (Release <2022-07-18 Mon>)


5 Release of "Compat" Version 28.1.1.3
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  This release just contains a hot-fix for an issue introduced in the
  last version, where compat.el raises an error during byte compilation.
  See .

  (Release <2022-06-19 Sun>)


6 Release of "Compat" Version 28.1.1.2
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  Two main changes have necessitated a new patch release:

  1. Fix issues related to the loading of compat when uncompiled.  See
     [this thread] for more details on the problem.
  2. Fix issues related to the loading of compat on old pre-releases
     (think of 28.0.50). See [this thread] for more details on the
     problem.

  (Released <2022-06-22 Wed>)


[this thread]
<https://lists.sr.ht/~pkal/compat-devel/%3C20220530191000.2183047-1-jonas%40bernoul.li%3E>

[this thread]
<https://lists.sr.ht/~pkal/compat-devel/%3Cf8635d7d-e233-448f-b325-9e850363241c%40www.fastmail.com%3E>


7 Release of "Compat" Version 28.1.1.1
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