On Fri, 14 Jun 2019, Markus Elfring wrote: > >> I don't like adding new apis with no user. > > > > Perhaps Jack Ping will send it as a first patch of his series where he utilizes > > this functionality. Would it be acceptable? > > The proposed function can get wider application in a reasonable time frame > if a corresponding script for the semantic patch language (Coccinelle software) > would perform an automatic source code conversion (for example) > according to your change acceptance. > How do you think about to support a bit more collateral software evolution? Why don't you just do what is asked for? julia