GNU bug report logs - #42967
28.0.50; `dired-do-find-regexp' calls internal function `xref--show-xrefs'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 15:36:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 28.0.50

Done: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 42967 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
To: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 42967 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42967: 28.0.50; `dired-do-find-regexp' calls internal
 function `xref--show-xrefs'
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 21:09:53 +0200

Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com> writes:

> The function `dired-do-find-regexp' in dired-aux.el contains a call to
> the internal function `xref--show-xrefs'.  This should never happen.
> Internal functions can change in incompatible ways or even vanish at any
> time.  In fact, the signature of `xref--show-xrefs' has changed between
> Emacs 26 and 27.  If the functionality of `xref--show-xrefs' is useful
> for other libraries, xref.el should grow a proper public function that
> then remains stable.
I agree.
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