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25.0.50; declarative type specification for D-Bus args

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Message #50 received at 20193 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: Daiki Ueno <ueno <at> gnu.org>, 20193 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20193: 25.0.50; declarative type specification for D-Bus args
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 15:23:16 +0200

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> writes:

> Thinking about, it seems to be OK. Ah :type keyword must always be
> followed by two other arguments, and so it takes nil as the empty array
> values, instead of a boolean false. Whether we allow to be sloppy, and
> to add a missing nil as empty value list at the end of the arguments, is
> something to be decided (and documented).

Skimming through this thread, it looks like everybody thought that this
was a good idea?  But the branch hasn't received any updates since 2015,
and has not been merged...

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