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Remove function-alias-p NOERROR argument

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>
To: Emacs Bug Report <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Remove function-alias-p NOERROR argument
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 14:44:21 +0100

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`function-alias-p` is new in Emacs 29, and takes an optional NOERROR argument which has become entirely useless in Emacs 30 where it is only present for compatibility.

Given that the NOERROR argument is not very useful in Emacs 29 either, what about removing it in that version as well? After all, rather silly to introduce something that's known to go away the next release.

Proposed patch attached.

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Message #8 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>,
 Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: Remove function-alias-p NOERROR argument
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 16:13:18 +0200

> From: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 14:44:21 +0100
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> 
> `function-alias-p` is new in Emacs 29, and takes an optional NOERROR argument which has become entirely useless in Emacs 30 where it is only present for compatibility.
> 
> Given that the NOERROR argument is not very useful in Emacs 29 either, what about removing it in that version as well? After all, rather silly to introduce something that's known to go away the next release.
> 
> Proposed patch attached.

Lars added this function, so it would be prudent to ask him.

My opinion is that it's too late for such changes: this function is
with us for more than a year, so I guess we will have to live with
optional argument even if it's useless in Emacs 30 and later.

Message #11 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>,
 bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: Remove function-alias-p NOERROR argument
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 16:26:07 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Lars added this function, so it would be prudent to ask him.
>
> My opinion is that it's too late for such changes: this function is
> with us for more than a year, so I guess we will have to live with
> optional argument even if it's useless in Emacs 30 and later.

I agree with Eli.

(The optional argument has been made obsolete in Emacs 30, so it can be
removed in Emacs 33-ish.)

Message #16 received at 61707-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 61707-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: Remove function-alias-p NOERROR argument
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:43:39 +0100

22 feb. 2023 kl. 15.13 skrev Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>:

> My opinion is that it's too late for such changes

Reasonable people may disagree, but I won't insist. Closing bug.

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