Re: [PATCH] * lisp/progmodes/ruby-mode.el: Use `setq-local' where appropriate.

[Dmitry Gutov]

Bozhidar Batsov <address@hidden> writes:

> I think that we don't need to worry about compatibility with the other 
> version of the ruby-mode in
> Ruby's SVN repo, since just about nobody uses it (except maybe some Emacs 23 
> users?). 

I think more importantly, no one's trying to merge the code from the
trunk ruby-mode back to the Ruby repo (at least, in its entirety), or
use this package separately from the Emacs trunk.

> ruby-mode suffers from a lot of legacy in it (compared to other built-in 
> modes) and would
> definitely benefit from a clean up. After all, simpler code is always easier 
> to improve, extend
> and debug.

+1

I can't say it's too hard to understand, but the code will be easier to
understand for a new reader without the (fboundp
'syntax-propertize-rules) mess at the end.