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Re: Compiler warnings on Windows - gnus/*.el


From: Glenn Morris
Subject: Re: Compiler warnings on Windows - gnus/*.el
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:29:53 -0400
User-agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/)

Reiner Steib wrote:

> Emacs on Windows doesn't seem to define `make-symbolic-link'.  Would
> it make sense to signal an error like this...
>
> (unless (fboundp 'make-symbolic-link)
>   (defun make-symbolic-link (filename linkname &optional ok-if-already-exists)
>     (error "`make-symbolic-link' not supported on this platform.")))
>
> ... instead of just `void-function ...'?  Maybe not worth the effort.

I think rather that code calling make-symbolic-link should check it is
bound, and do the right thing if not. Always giving it a definition
would remove that possibility. Ie, the gnus stuff should fall back to
copy (or whatever) if make-symbolic-link is not bound.




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