Re: current-time-list now defaults to nil in Emacs master

> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 13:11:41 +0530
> From: Madhu via "Emacs development discussions." <[email protected]>
> 
> 
> * Stefan Monnier via "Emacs development discussions." <[email protected]> :
> Wrote on Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:54:05 -0400:
> >> So should I dynamically bind current-time-list around calls to
> >> current-time in these old packages?
> >
> > The better alternative (beside adjust the code so it works with the new
> > format) is to insert a call to `time-convert`, as suggested in the
> > `current-time` docstring.
> 
> Some comments for the (my own) record
> 
> I spotted a difference (in "legacy code"), though it probably makes no
> difference to code which didnt check for endp cddr
> 
> (setq current-time-list nil)
> 
> (setq $a "Fri Aug 14 12:51:33 2026 +0530")
> (let ((current-time-list t)) (encode-time (parse-time-string $a)))
> ; (27262 49661)
> 
> (time-convert (encode-time (parse-time-string $a)) 'list)
> ;(27262 49661 0 0)
> 
> 
> Another possible point of tripping is the interpretation of FORM in
> time-convert vs the interpretetaion of FORM in decode-time and
> parse-time-string

Stefan, any comments?