GNU bug report logs - #73792
30; Confusion in loaddefs-generate--*-prefixes

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Message #17 received at 73792 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Jonas Bernoulli <jonas <at> bernoul.li>
Cc: 73792 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#73792: 30; Confusion in loaddefs-generate--*-prefixes
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 13:41:41 -0400

> (I was looking at this code to see if it could be used for this other
> use-case: collect all prefixes used by "all known" packages.  Such
> a prefix-to-package mapping could be published and checked when new
> packages are added to some *ELPA, to decrease the odds of conflicts
> on the symbol level.

This code tries to do pretty much that, so it's probably not a bad
starting point, indeed, at least as a way of discovering the adversary
you're about to take on.  🙂


        Stefan

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