GNU bug report logs - #56641
Deprecate `lsh`

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Message #29 received at 56641 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: mattiase <at> acm.org, stefankangas <at> gmail.com, 56641 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#56641: Deprecate `lsh`
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 05:36:30 +0300

> From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
> Cc: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>,  mattiase <at> acm.org,
>   56641 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 09:25:49 +0800
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > I'm okay with introducing some new special attribute for such cases,
> > i.e. when the use of a function or a variable is discouraged for
> > whatever reasons, so that the byte-compiler could warn about that.
> > Just let's not called them "obsolete", because they aren't.
> 
> Having the byte compiler warn when someone uses lsh would be very
> annoying.

If it's rare enough (as it should be), I don't see the annoyance.  Am
I missing something?

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