GNU bug report logs - #20629
25.0.50; Regression: TAGS broken, can't find anything in C++ files.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Jan D." <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>

Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 05:59:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #18 received at 20629-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>, 20629-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20629: 25.0.50; Regression: TAGS broken, can't find anything
 in C++ files.
Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 14:15:44 +0200

Den 2015-05-23 14:04, Dmitry Gutov skrev:
> On 05/23/2015 02:54 PM, Jan Djärv wrote:
>
>> The URL given in the description doesn't actually say why this change
>> was made.  It just asks if anyone has objections.
>> So if there is no justification for this change, I will revert it soonish.
>> C++ support in Emacs is kind of a big deal.
>
> Maybe the URL doesn't, but it links to a thread.
>
> See the bottom of this message:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-05/msg00286.html

There is just theoretical ramblings about precision without any bug or user 
visible impact that the change solves.  Definitly not anything that motivates 
breaking C++ support.
I reverted it.

	Jan D.
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