Hi,

lloda <ll...@sarc.name> skribis:

> I'm pleased to see all these fixes. However, I noticed a few breakages. They 
> come from relying on undocumented behavior, but only using the public 
> interface, so others might be affected. I don't propose to patch them, but 
> perhaps to make a note in NEWS or (for the last two) to add a paragraph in 
> the manual explaining how to achieve the same goal – the reference 
> documentation doesn't have enough examples.
>
> * test-begin and test-end now require strings. The old version accepted 
> symbols.
> * test-approximate requires real arguments. The old version accepted complex 
> arguments.
> * The exported variable test-log-to-file is gone.

As discussed on IRC, I think we should consider restoring support for
these idioms, whether or not they conform to the reference, in an effort
to minimize breakage (especially since this is slated for a point
release).

WDYT, Tomas?

Ludo’.



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