Eli Zaretskii <
eliz@gnu.org> schrieb am Di., 6. Sep. 2016 um 20:00 Uhr:
> From: Philippe Vaucher <philippe.vaucher@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2016 19:46:47 +0200
> Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>, p.stephani2@gmail.com, 23529@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> >> My idea is pretty simple: just output the objects as a C file, then
> >> compile and link the file.
> >
> > So we will be giving up the ability of end-users to re-dump their
> > Emacs, unless they have a compiler/binutils installed that are
> > compatible with the ones used to build the Emacs binary?
>
> I doubt many end-users are aware of this feature, let alone use it.
Rarely used is not the same as useless and unneeded. Whenever you
remove a feature, expect someone to come up with complaints about
regressions.
If we care enough about this feature, then instead of writing C code we can write some portable serialization format (e.g. protobuf). That will be a bit slower, but that might be OK.