From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 20067 invoked from network); 1 Feb 2022 17:24:19 -0000 Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu (129.7.128.32) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 1 Feb 2022 17:24:19 -0000 Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.208]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1nEwt8-006r4p-Eg for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Tue, 01 Feb 2022 11:24:18 -0600 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by lists1.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1nEwt7-003mqs-Ka for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Tue, 01 Feb 2022 11:24:17 -0600 Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1nEwt6-003mql-C2 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 01 Feb 2022 11:24:16 -0600 Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1nEwt4-006r49-8h for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 01 Feb 2022 11:24:16 -0600 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:Mime-Version:References :Message-ID:Date:Subject:From:To:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=o91nYs4qkG/kJcLMMRVYUdwZWe/NX3Mwm1gzIAJcjY8=; b=ngQXT5ofEC5N1zGLveTZ7PH5qH +YDy1UPl+nPfdFAeImyWFor1phcv0WQJ57nXGR8iOOPX23txKbWNAdfMftWIMkH0w0k0VqbGV/+Tg 07zoM1g3mn8tj+deZG+eEnCVMtot4kX9Kgo5E89V5XgeAvMEdnObTqF2xUt+i2ZQOTlw=; Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nEwsx-0001Wl-EH for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 01 Feb 2022 18:24:09 +0100 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nEwsw-0008VX-0S for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 01 Feb 2022 18:24:06 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: ding@gnus.org From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: search engine for virtual group? Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:23:58 -0800 Message-ID: <87leyuijpt.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <877dafj7ey.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <87pmo6ilz9.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87ee4m34p9.fsf@igel.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:8NcQR/wlEoZStPaRwRa/3Ymlsy0= List-ID: Precedence: bulk Andreas Schwab writes: > On Feb 01 2022, Eric Abrahamsen wrote: > >> gnus-search-engine’s value is ‘gnus-search-engine’ >> >> Abstract base class for Gnus search engines. >> >> This variable is obsolete since 25.1; >> use \='gnus-search-engine instead > > See eieio-defclass-internal in eieio-core.el: > > ;; turn this into a usable self-pointing symbol; FIXME: Why? > (when eieio-backward-compatibility > (set cname cname) > (make-obsolete-variable cname (format "use '%s instead" cname) > "25.1")) > > This is about deprecating the use of the variable gnus-search-engine in > favor of the (quoted) symbol gnus-search-engine. Yar, I know what the issue is, it just shouldn't be doing that in `describe-variable'. Even if we are, in a very technical sense, treating the class name as a variable here.