GNU bug report logs - #18388
24.4.50; REGRESSION: incompatible change to `replace-match-maybe-edit' (and no doc)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 13:30:04 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.4.50

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 18388 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: 18388 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#18388: 24.4.50; REGRESSION: incompatible change to
 `replace-match-maybe-edit' (and no doc)
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 09:16:43 -0800 (PST)

> You added argument BACKWARD to this function, and you did not add it as
> an &optional parameter.  This breaks all existing code that uses the
> function.  The parameter should be &optional.
> 
> What's more, you did not even mention the new arg in the doc string.

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