GNU bug report logs - #22291
25.1.50; REGRESSION: Emacs 24.3 breaks loading cl-macs to get macro `case'

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Message #18 received at 22291-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 22291-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22291: 25.1.50;
 REGRESSION: Emacs 24.3 breaks loading cl-macs to get macro `case'
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2016 19:44:44 +0200

> Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 09:28:02 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: 22291 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > IOW, this was a deliberate change, and you should either use 'cl-case'
> > with Emacs versions since 24.3, or use 'cl' instead of 'cl-macs'.
> 
> I know all of that.  Just because something was decided does not mean
> that that decision was the best decision possible, or even wise.
> 
> This is a gratuitous change that breaks backward compatibility.  That's
> the point.  Gratuitous - unnecessary.
> 
> Personally I tend to require `cl', and at compile-time only, to get
> such macros.  But it is entirely reasonable that someone might require
> `cl-macs' - at runtime or compile time - to get such a macro definition.
> 
> And if some user does not compile the code that requires the library
> that provides the macro, then s?he will now get the entire `cl' at
> runtime, instead of getting only the much-smaller `cl-macs' at runtime.
> 
> > OK?
> 
> Not IMHO.

So I guess we will have to agree to disagree on this one.

From my POV, this is not a bug, but a deliberate change that is well
documented.

Closing.

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