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| author | Robert Cochran <robert-git@cochranmail.com> | 2016-07-15 12:45:56 -0700 |
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| committer | Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com> | 2016-07-16 21:33:27 -0400 |
| commit | 9356fe239281ca15e12a4e5e93d7d00c56df2626 (patch) | |
| tree | 266b75f91f222291d5e7aefa28a80eea53379a9a /src/data.c | |
| parent | 219b39f5215200fa8128fd3b595017e0a380eb8f (diff) | |
| download | emacs-9356fe239281ca15e12a4e5e93d7d00c56df2626.tar.gz | |
Expand FIXME near definition of fboundp
This expansion of the FIXME is so that future developers are aware of
the potential problems of aliasing fboundp to symbol-function without
taking backwards compatibility into account.
* src/data.c (fboundp): Note potential backwards compatibility issues in
FIXME.
Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes
Diffstat (limited to 'src/data.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/data.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/data.c b/src/data.c index 2574cbbd764..d14c84e0472 100644 --- a/src/data.c +++ b/src/data.c @@ -629,7 +629,12 @@ global value outside of any lexical scope. */) return (EQ (valcontents, Qunbound) ? Qnil : Qt); } -/* FIXME: Make it an alias for function-symbol! */ +/* FIXME: It has been previously suggested to make this function an + alias for symbol-function, but upon discussion at Debbug#23957, + there is a risk breaking backward compatiblity, as some users of + fboundp may expect `t' in particular, rather than any true + value. An alias is still welcome so long as the compatibility + issues are addressed. */ DEFUN ("fboundp", Ffboundp, Sfboundp, 1, 1, 0, doc: /* Return t if SYMBOL's function definition is not void. */) (register Lisp_Object symbol) |