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30.0.50; `type-of` is not precise enough

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Rudolf Schlatte <rudi <at> constantly.at>
Cc: 69739 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#69739: 30.0.50; `type-of` is not precise enough
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 18:10:09 -0400

>>  * Incompatible Changes in Emacs 30.1
>>  
>> +** 'type-of' sometimes returns more precise types.
>> +More specifically, for nil and t it returns 'null' and 'boolean'
>> +instead of just 'symbol' and for "subrs", it now returns one of
>> +'special-form', 'subr-primitive', or 'subr-native-elisp'.
>
> Is it true that in all cases, if `(type-of x)' used to return `foo'
> before the change, `(typep x 'foo)' still returns t after the change?
> If so, that might be worth mentioning, since it makes fixing broken code
> easier.

Yes.

But in any case, it seems we'll go with a different patch which leaves
`type-of` unchanged.


        Stefan

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