GNU bug report logs - #31148
26.1; require w32 errors

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 14:52:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 6997, 32157

Found in versions 24.0.50, 26.1

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 31148 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 31148 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31148: 26.1; require w32 errors
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 10:15:59 -0500

On Fri 13 Apr 2018 at 10:13, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

>> From: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 09:50:47 -0500
>>
>> If you try
>>
>> (require 'w32-fns)
>>
>> or
>>
>> (require 'w32-fns nil t)
>>
>> It produces an error void-function set-message-beep. This is reproducible for me from emacs -q.
>
> Don't do that, then, unless you are in a w32 Emacs.

What's the recommended way for packages to rely on these functions then?
It seems annoying to wrap every call to w32-functions in
(if (fboundp ...) (w32-...))
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