GNU bug report logs - #1531
intro-string in byte-compiled files

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:45:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: quiet <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: intro-string in byte-compiled files
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:02:42 -0500

Severity: wishlist

[ resent from
  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-11/msg00303.html ]

> I wonder if the following code found in all byte-compiled files still
> makes sense:

> ;;; This file uses dynamic docstrings, first added in Emacs 19.29.
> (if (and (boundp 'emacs-version)
>      (< (aref emacs-version (1- (length emacs-version))) ?A)
>       (or (and (boundp 'epoch::version) epoch::version)
>            (string-lessp emacs-version "19.29")))
>     (error "`simple.el' was compiled for Emacs 19.29 or later"))

> Emacs 19.29 was released 13 years ago. It is nice to be backwards
> compatible, but as some point such things should be dropped.

Indeed, this should be dropped: our byte-compiled files won't even work
in Emacs-22 anyway.


        Stefan
bug closed, send any further explanations to Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:35:06 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:24:13 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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