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24.3.50.1; ispell remember position, feature request

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Message #25 received at 14816 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 14816 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de
Subject: Re: bug#14816: 24.3.50.1; ispell remember position, feature request
Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 08:29:01 +0300

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de,  14816 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 02:07:07 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> It seemed unlikely to me that third party packages would be using
> >> ispell-process-line, so I didn't think either was necessary.  If it
> >> turns out that it is, I was thinking of adding a new optional argument
> >> to the function to alter the return value.
> >
> > Yes, I'm asking why not do that now, proactively?
> 
> Having an optional parameter to a function that has one single usage
> didn't seem warranted.

It's a public API that could be used out there any number of times.
And the compatible change is very simple.  Sounds like a no-brainer to
me.

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