branch: externals/compat
commit 5215a40748602661d8b76c6d3c398f5da361b913
Author: Daniel Mendler <m...@daniel-mendler.de>
Commit: Daniel Mendler <m...@daniel-mendler.de>
Update news
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* Development
+- Add the macros ~compat-funcall~ and ~compat-function~ to call compatibility
+ functions. Since Compat avoids overwriting already existing functions, we
must
+ define separate compatibility function definitions for functions which
changed
+ their calling convention. These compatibility definitions can be looked up
+ using ~compat-function~ and called with ~compat-funcall~. For example
~(assoc KEY
+ ALIST &optional TESTFN)~ can be called with a ~TESTFN~ since Emacs 29. In
Emacs
+ 28 and older the calling convention was ~(assoc KEY ALIST)~. In order to use
the
+ new calling convention you can use ~(compat-funcall assoc KEY ALIST)~.
+- Deprecate all ~compat-*~ prefixed functions. Instead use the aforementioned
+ ~compat-funcall~ or ~compat-function~ macros.
+- Deprecate ~compat-help.el~ and ~compat-font-lock.el~
- Drop support for Emacs 24.3
-- Deprecate compat-help.el and compat-font-lock.el
* Release of "Compat" Version 28.1.2.2
