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25.1.50; Deprecation/internalization of `read-from-whole-string'

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 24383 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#24383: 25.1.50; Deprecation/internalization of
 `read-from-whole-string'
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 04:38:36 +0100

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> What's the rationale behind the demotion of `read-from-whole-string'
> and its replacement by "internal" function
> `thing-at-point--read-from-whole-string'?
>
>   "This is an internal thingatpt function and should not be used."
>
> Should not be used?  Really?  Why?
>
> This function has been around forever, and is used by Emacs users.
> And there has been no change in the function definition.
>
> Why should it suddenly be considered "internal" and something not
> to be used?
>
> And what does it have to do, in particular, with thingatpt.el?
> (It should instead be promoted to a file such as subr.el.)
>
> Based on this (seemingly gratuitous) change, existing user code now
> has to fiddle, to be usable in more than one Emacs version (versions
> 0 to 24.5 vs version 25.1).

Glenn, you made the change mentioned above.  Do you have an opinion
here?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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