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Re: Things I would like to be added after the release
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: Things I would like to be added after the release |
Date: |
Thu, 21 Jun 2007 04:09:11 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
> A) maintaining a package inside Emacs is somehow different
> than maintaining it "outside"
Here's my take on it: if I modify function FOO in subr.el which is advised
by package BAR, and my modification breaks BAR, there are 2 possible cases:
1 - BAR is not in Emacs: I get to say "tough!". I.e. I don't need to know
or care that some other external package advises FOO.
2 - BAR is in Emacs: I have to figure out that BAR is broken and then I have
to fix it.
BTW the advantage of hooks here is that when I modify FOO, I get to see that
there's a hook here, so I know I have to be careful to preserve the behavior
of the hook when modifying FOO, since I otherwise risk breaking some other
package using the hook.
Stefan
- Re: Things I would like to be added after the release, (continued)
- Re: Things I would like to be added after the release, Richard Stallman, 2007/06/03
- Re: Things I would like to be added after the release, T. V. Raman, 2007/06/16
- Re: Things I would like to be added after the release, Richard Stallman, 2007/06/16
- Re: Things I would like to be added after the release, T. V. Raman, 2007/06/16
- Re: Things I would like to be added after the release, Miles Bader, 2007/06/16
- Re: Things I would like to be added after the release, T. V. Raman, 2007/06/17
- Re: Things I would like to be added after the release, Nick Roberts, 2007/06/17
- Re: Things I would like to be added after the release, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2007/06/17
- Re: Things I would like to be added after the release, Richard Stallman, 2007/06/18
- Re: Things I would like to be added after the release, T. V. Raman, 2007/06/21
- Re: Things I would like to be added after the release,
Stefan Monnier <=
- Re: Things I would like to be added after the release, Richard Stallman, 2007/06/17
Re: Things I would like to be added after the release, Stefan Monnier, 2007/06/17