Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] Re: [Emacs-diffs] scratch/widen-less a4ba846: Replace prog-widen with consolidating widen calls

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden,  address@hidden
> Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 00:01:32 -0500
> 
> > Just to make myself clear: these reasons would have been very relevant
> > and serious if we were now considering the prog-indentation-context
> > stuff for inclusion in Emacs.  But we are 2 years past that stage, so
> > other considerations take precedence, I think.
> 
> Could we just mark them as obsolete in Emacs-26?

Doesn't sound like a good idea to me: something that was introduced
recently and barely had any chance to be used doesn't fall under the
"obsolete" label for me.

What's the damage of having it with us for a while, and using it in
our own sources?