GNU bug report logs - #39169
28.0.50; Confusing obsolete variable warnings in eieio-defclass-autoload

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
Cc: 39169 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#39169: 28.0.50; Confusing obsolete variable warnings in
 eieio-defclass-autoload
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 15:34:42 +0200

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de> writes:

> Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
>
>> But now I'm wondering why Michael isn't just setting/binding
>> eieio-backward-compatibility to nil?  Then the warnings would go away,
>> and he probably aren't using the compat symbols, anyway?
>
> AFAIR, the situation is: I can do that file locally in my library, yes.
>
> But any user of the library will still see those warnings.  It's likely
> that this user uses the name "buffer-note" for a buffer-note, and the
> warning text is meaningless for anybody who doesn't know what's going
> on.

OK, but then I think the right thing here is just to punt further, to
that user of the library.  :-)  If they don't want warnings about these
obsolete compat variables, then they are the ones that should set
eieio-backward-compatibility to nil?

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