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26.0.60; Usage of "&rest body" in Edebug specs

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Message #35 received at 28747 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Gemini Lasswell <gazally <at> runbox.com>
Cc: 28747 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#28747: 26.0.60; Usage of "&rest body" in Edebug specs
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 03:21:34 +0100

Stefan Monnier via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of
text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> Does anyone have thoughts on the idea of adding &repeat as a synonym
>> for &rest in Edebug specs, with the goal of moving &rest towards
>> obsolescence eventually?
>
> I like the idea.  Only problem I can see is that it doesn't
> solve the problem for `&optional`.

I guess it could also lead to problems in third-party packages that use
the edebug specs themselves -- they expect symbols tagged up with &rest
and get &repeat instead, breaking their code.

I'm not sure how serious a problem that is, though.

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