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From: kifer@CS.SunySB.EDU (Michael Kifer)
To: Steven L Baur <steve@miranova.com>
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Subject: Re: annoying compiler messages 
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> >>>>> "Michael" == Michael Kifer <kifer@CS.SunySB.EDU> writes:
>  ...
> Michael> xemacs compiler's mesages have become less than useful for
> Michael> packages that try to be compatible with both emacsen
>  ...
> Michael> ** mode-line-format is an obsolete variable; use
> Michael>    modeline-format instead.
> 
> I agree.  The problem is that obsolete variables have been overloaded
> to mean both Emacs variables we don't wish used anymore, and our own
> variables which we have evolved from.  I do not feel we should issue
> messages by default on Emacs compatible variables, save that for a
> byte-compile-pedantic option.


This would be a good solution.


	--michael  

