GNU bug report logs - #63722
29.0.91; (elisp) Skip to end #@00 does not work

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: richard newton <richardn26 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 17:39:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.91

Done: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #25 received at 63722 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: mattiase <at> acm.org, richardn26 <at> gmail.com, 63722 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#63722: 29.0.91; (elisp) Skip to end #@00 does not work
Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 13:36:01 +0300

> Cc: richardn26 <at> gmail.com, 63722 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
> Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 11:56:12 +0200
> 
> Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org> writes:
> 
> >>> The undocumented #@00 behaviour has indeed been co-opted by parts of
> >>> the community as an 'pretend end-of-file occurs here' mechanism,
> >> 
> >> Should this be documented then?
> >
> > I don't think we should do that right now -- the behaviour (read as
> > nil) is not ideal and should not be made permanent; we still have the
> > option to change it (but not in emacs 29, of course).
> >
> > We could also come up with a less obscure replacement syntax, given
> > that there may be a genuine need.
> 
> Everything right. But it is used meanwhile in the wild ... perhaps we
> should document then, that this usage is deprecated?

I see no reason to deprecate it, let alone remove it, FWIW.
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