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`buffer-match-p` should not use `func-arity`

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Message #139 received at 65797 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 65797 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, dmitry <at> gutov.dev, philipk <at> posteo.net,
 mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com, joseph <at> breatheoutbreathe.in
Subject: Re: bug#65797: `buffer-match-p` should not use `func-arity`
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2023 15:18:12 +0300

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: dmitry <at> gutov.dev,  joseph <at> breatheoutbreathe.in,  philipk <at> posteo.net,
>   mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com,  65797 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:33:10 -0400
> 
> > Sigh.  I guess we can install this on emacs-29 and cross the
> > fingers...
> 
> I'm not insisting on it.
> If you think it's risky, let's just have it on `master`.
> 
> BTW, see below the actual patch, including changes to etc/NEWS, manual,
> as well as the addition of a runtime warning (without which I can't see
> how we'll ever be able to get rid of the ugly backward compatibility
> hack).

Thanks.  I think we should install on master, indeed, and only
consider backporting if we hear about serious issues with the current
code on emacs-29.

> +The new semantics makes no such affordances, tho the code still
                                                ^^^
Typo.  Also, can we find a better (less rare) word instead of
"affordances"? 

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