GNU bug report logs - #39233
.elc file - possibly outdated backward compatibility comments

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 08:45:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 39233 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#39233: .elc file - possibly outdated backward compatibility comments
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 14:14:31 -0500

>> +       (format "    (message \"BEWARE: %%S was compiled by a more recent
>> version of Emacs (%s)\" #$))" emacs-version)
> Is this important enough to warrant using `warn' instead?

I don't have any strong opinion on this.  I went with `message` because
it seems to be less likely to cause trouble or annoyance: it's
reasonably easy to ignore messages whereas `warn`s are more "in your
face" in my experience.


        Stefan
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