Re: recording-elisp.el - try recording commands as elisp code

[Richard Stallman]

    It's always a source of problems, but before you accumulate a few solutions
    for a few packages, it's often difficult to figure out what's the right way
    to provide a generic functionality which packages can then use (so that the
    details relating to each package get moved to the relevant package).

I find that implementing specific solutions for a few uses is often
the best way to figure out what general functionality is needed.
Theoretical thinking, not guided by practical experience, often leads
to solving the wrong problem.