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#:select gives access to private variables

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Andy Wingo <wingo <at> pobox.com>
Cc: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>, 17418-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17418: #:select gives access to private variables
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 18:06:12 +0200

Andy Wingo <wingo <at> pobox.com> skribis:

> On Tue 21 Jun 2016 16:52, ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>
>> Andy Wingo <wingo <at> pobox.com> skribis:
>>
>>> On Wed 04 Jun 2014 01:11, Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org> writes:
>>>
>>>> Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org> writes:
>>>>> Sounds good.  Specifically, I guess we should deprecate this way of
>>>>> using #:select.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you do this, can you adjust system/repl/coop-server.scm to avoid it?
>>>>> It imports the following private bindings:
>>>>>
>>>>>   start-repl* run-server* add-open-socket! close-socket!
>>>>
>>>> Also: prompting-meta-read
>>>
>>> Fixed in master.
>>
>> I would not close the bug if it remains in 2.0.x.  Thoughts?
>
> I think we can't break 2.0 in this regard; it's technically
> incompatible.  We could print a better deprecation warning but in this
> case I think I did the right thing.  WDYT?

Yeah, you’re probably right; it would suddenly lead to unbound
variables, whether or not people realized they were relying on
“unspecified” behavior.

I withdraw my remark!

Ludo’.

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