GNU bug report logs - #33233
27.0.50; Replace gnus-correct-length with string-width

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>

Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2018 23:55:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33233: 27.0.50; Replace gnus-correct-length with string-width
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2018 09:34:12 -0700

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>>> From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
>> Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2018 20:05:09 -0700
>> 
>> Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>> 
>> > The one is trivially replaceable by the other, this patch defines an
>> > obsolete alias.
>> 
>> Oh, in this situation should I be replacing the `gnus-correct-length'
>> calls with `string-width' directly, and just leaving the alias behind?
>
> Yes, I think so.

Weirdly, it doesn't seem to be used anywhere anymore. I guess the alias
should still go in for a while, though; I'll push this to master.
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