On Friday, June 15, 2007 at 00:49:49, Leo wrote: > ----- Reiner Steib (2007-01-01) wrote:----- > > > On Sat, Dec 30 2006, Patrick Campbell-Preston wrote: > > > >> The primep function in bbdb.el has been broken for a very long > >> while - try (primep 4) or (primep -1) for example. This is > >> harmless for bbdb's own use of the function, as it happens, but > >> not for the casual user [amusing story omitted]. > >> > >> Here's a fixed version, perhaps someone with CVS access and > >> copious free time could paste it in (before the next BBDB > >> release): > >> > >> (defun primep (num) > > > > Wouldn't it be better to rename it to `bbdb-primep'? > > > > ,----[ (info "(elisp)Coding Conventions") ] | * If a package needs > > to define an alias or a new function for | compatibility with some > > other version of Emacs, name it with the | package prefix, not > > with the raw name with which it occurs in the | other version. > > Here is an example from Gnus, which provides many | examples of > > such compatibility issues. > > | > > | (defalias 'gnus-point-at-bol > > | (if (fboundp 'point-at-bol) > > | 'point-at-bol > > | 'line-beginning-position)) > > `---- > > > > [ BTW, in Gnus we just had spurious problems because > > xemacs-base/easy-mmode.el defines > > `replace-regexp-in-string'. :-/ ] > > > > Bye, Reiner. > > I second this.
Thanks for the reminder, I would have missed this ... It is in CVS now. Robert ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
