GNU bug report logs - #31852
Make memory-limit obsolete

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 01:35:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #19 received at 31852-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 31852-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31852: Make memory-limit obsolete
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 08:34:52 -0700

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> If nobody uses the function, I see no gain at all, because obsoleting
> a function tells those who use it not to.

If Emacs has useless and confusing features that consume documentation space and 
implementation resources, that is a net harm to current and future users. 
Omitting such features is therefore a net gain to users. The benefit to users by 
omitting useless and confusing features is worth the maintenance cost to us of 
obsoleting these features.

That being said, it appears I haven't convinced you to obsolete memory-limit, so 
I installed patch 1 but not patch 2 and am closing the bug report.
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