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Re: Include modern-cpp-font-lock into GNU Emacs
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Andy Moreton |
Subject: |
Re: Include modern-cpp-font-lock into GNU Emacs |
Date: |
Mon, 20 Aug 2018 12:28:07 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1.50 (windows-nt) |
On Mon 20 Aug 2018, Jostein Kjønigsen wrote:
> As I've mentioned in another reply on this subject, decoupling cc-mode
> releases from Emacs-releases will make it harder for third-party major-
> modes deriving from cc-mode to maintain compatibility when cc-mode
> introduces breaking changes.
> Currently we can inspect "cc-mode version" by checking emacs-version,
> and dispatching compatible code based on that.
Checking version numbers is the wrong approach for feature detection,
and should only be a last resort if checking behaviour is not practical.
If an ELPA package results in more frequent updates to cc-mode then
third party extension authors will simply have to adapt to a slightly
faster release cadence.
AndyM
- Include modern-cpp-font-lock into GNU Emacs, Ludwig PACIFICI, 2018/08/06
- Re: Include modern-cpp-font-lock into GNU Emacs, Alan Mackenzie, 2018/08/11
- Re: Include modern-cpp-font-lock into GNU Emacs, Stefan Monnier, 2018/08/11
- Re: Include modern-cpp-font-lock into GNU Emacs, Ludwig PACIFICI, 2018/08/19
- Re: Include modern-cpp-font-lock into GNU Emacs, Stefan Monnier, 2018/08/19
- Re: Include modern-cpp-font-lock into GNU Emacs, Richard Stallman, 2018/08/19
- Re: Include modern-cpp-font-lock into GNU Emacs, Andy Moreton, 2018/08/20
- Re: Include modern-cpp-font-lock into GNU Emacs, Jostein Kjønigsen, 2018/08/20
- Re: Include modern-cpp-font-lock into GNU Emacs, Noam Postavsky, 2018/08/20
- Re: Include modern-cpp-font-lock into GNU Emacs,
Andy Moreton <=
- Re: Include modern-cpp-font-lock into GNU Emacs, Jostein Kjønigsen, 2018/08/20
- Re: Include modern-cpp-font-lock into GNU Emacs, Michael Albinus, 2018/08/20
- Re: Include modern-cpp-font-lock into GNU Emacs, Noam Postavsky, 2018/08/22