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28.0.50; `dired-do-find-regexp' calls internal function `xref--show-xrefs'

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>, 42967 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#42967: 28.0.50; `dired-do-find-regexp' calls internal function `xref--show-xrefs'
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 00:10:35 +0300

On 21.08.2020 18:35, Philipp Stephani wrote:

> If the functionality of `xref--show-xrefs' is useful
> for other libraries, xref.el should grow a proper public function that
> then remains stable.

Sure.

> In fact, the signature of `xref--show-xrefs' has changed between
> Emacs 26 and 27.

That didn't hurt Dired, though.

In fact, this is about the main advantage to having these features 
developed together: not having to maintain stable boundaries without 
them. They can be changed in tandem.

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