Issue839: Version info for changed functions - XEmacs Issue Tracking System

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Title	Version info for changed functions
Type	feature	Module	core code 21.5
Severity	inconvenience	Platform	N/A
Keywords		Nosy List	mike.kupfer, stephen

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Created on 2012-08-17.06:46:54 by stephen, last changed 2012-08-23.21:42:13 by mike.kupfer.

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Date: 2012-08-17.06:46:53

As I wrote on XEmacs-Beta:

For example, if the APIs that use a customization change, but its 
default value doesn't, then :version doesn't change but its meaning 
does.  I'm not even sure if they update :version when additional 
non-default values are added to a customizable variable.  Also, if a 
variable is deprecated or deleted, that won't change :version AFAICT. 
Finally, the most interesting changes are in functions, but those 
don't have a :version at all! 
 
Might be interesting to implement that, if it can be done 
automatically.  I wonder if hg has a git diff equivalent (ie, that 
reports the function containing changes) that could be warped into use 
here, eg as part of the DOC file.

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2012-08-23 21:42:14	mike.kupfer	set	nosy: + mike.kupfer
2012-08-17 06:46:54	stephen	create