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Re: more url-utils?


From: joakim
Subject: Re: more url-utils?
Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 23:07:49 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux)

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>>>> After looking at many examples in Emacs, I can't find or think of any
>>>> need for the headers *as text* in the code I've seen.  I would:
> SM> That sounds right.
>> ...so can I go ahead with my proposal or would you rather be
>> conservative and keep the old behavior, making API users turn off
>> headers explicitly?
>
> There are 3 parts.
> - removal of header text.
> - backward compatibility.
> - providing header info in a non-textual format.
>
> All three are important.

Teds proposal addresses all three concerns right?
- The new API does what coders expect, no information is lost
- the old api is retained but marked obsolete
- headers are accessible in alist format

Its more work but Teds volunteered to do it. Great!

>
>         Stefan

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Joakim Verona



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