GNU bug report logs - #30039
26.0.90; [26.1] Making my code warning free is impossible with when-let

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Damien Cassou <damien <at> cassou.me>

Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 07:28:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 26.0.90

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 30039 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
To: Damien Cassou <damien <at> cassou.me>
Cc: 30039 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30039: 26.0.90;
 [26.1] Making my code warning free is impossible with when-let
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2018 09:43:04 -0500

Damien Cassou <damien <at> cassou.me> writes:

> I can think of two solutions to make my life easier (and potentially
> other package maintainers who care about code quality):
>
> - introduce when-let* (and if-let*) in Emacs 25; or

Since we don't have a time machine, this seems impractical (or if you
mean release 25.4 just for this, kind of overkill).

> - un-deprecate when-let (and if-let) in Emacs 26 and re-deprecate it
>   later.

When is "later"?  Wouldn't the problem remain indefinitely?  It kind of
sounds like this is suggestion means Emacs could no longer deprecate
anything.
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