GNU bug report logs - #24353
25.1.1: looking-back wrong info

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>

Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2016 08:43:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug, wontfix

Merged with 34117

Found in versions 25.1.1, 26.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #36 received at 24353 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
Cc: 24353 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24353: 25.1.1: looking-back wrong info
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2016 03:03:04 +0300

On 03.09.2016 02:59, Drew Adams wrote:
>>> How does this change help Emacs users?
>>
>> It forces Emacs Lisp programmers to include the last argument,
>
> It certainly does not.  It does NOT force anything.
> It only misleads.  It doesn't even explicitly recommend.

Well, at least the byte compiler sees the advertised calling convention, 
and warns when it's violated. So the encouragement is there.
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