GNU bug report logs - #54071
fix incompatible arity change help-fns

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ben Schw <benjamin.schwerdtner <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2022 15:59:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch, wontfix

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Ben Schw <benjamin.schwerdtner <at> gmail.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, "54071 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <54071 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#54071: fix incompatible arity change help-fns
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 17:59:10 +0800

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> Perhaps because it's useful?  Why does it need
> to be considered only for "inside" Emacs?

I'm usually not the first person to be enthusiastic about breaking
changes, but not changing internal functions because they are useful
leads to madness.

If it is indeed useful, then a public interface should be created
instead.
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