Subject: Re: bug#1321: process-lines

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 16:43:57 -0400

> Just adding an optional argument to process-lines is difficult without
> breaking the API, due to its use of &rest.  I suggest something along the
> lines of the following patch:

FWIW, I don't really like process-lines at all.  It's used rather
rarely, so most uses would be just as happy with something like

    (with-temp-buffer
      (call-process <prog> nil t nil <args>)
      (get-buffer-lines))

-- Stefan