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Re: Compatibility aliases, defsubsts, and macros...
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Bill Wohler |
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Re: Compatibility aliases, defsubsts, and macros... |
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Fri, 03 Feb 2006 13:03:59 -0800 |
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Bill Wohler <address@hidden> writes:
> Miles Bader <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> 2006/1/31, Bill Wohler <address@hidden>:
>> > > #2 is very important; the bad old practice of just defining the
>> > > standard functions on systems which didn't have it built in (as you
>> > > demonstrate) caused many problems.
>> >
>> > Just out of curiosity, do you remember the problems?
>>
>> It intereferes with other packages that are trying to test the
>> environment by probing the existance or non-existance of certain
>> functions.
>
> "Bing." Lightbulb goes off. Got it. Of course. Thanks.
>
> Fixing those baddies in MH-E now before you notice ;-).
Done.
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