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Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally |
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Wed, 10 Feb 2021 17:39:12 +0200 |
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: stefan@marxist.se, larsi@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:00:07 -0500
>
> > What do we tell all those (myself included) who require generic-x in
> > their init files?
>
> I don't know what they need to be told.
> Can you clarify what broke or risks breaking because of the change?
I thought it was clear: suddenly those users will have a gazillion
modes defined they never intended to use or load or even know about.
> > And while at that: why did you think that variable was ugly and had
> > to go?
>
> Because a file that defines different sets of functions depending on
> some configuration variable tends to be problematic (I can't remember
> the exact issue that prompted my suggestion but it was related to that
> IIRC).
I'm sorry, I don't really see any problem with that. We have lived
with that problem for many years. So I tend to think the cure is
worse than the disease.
- Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/02/09
- Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/09
- Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally, Stefan Monnier, 2021/02/09
- Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/09
- Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally, Stefan Monnier, 2021/02/10
- Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally, Stefan Kangas, 2021/02/10
- Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally, Stefan Monnier, 2021/02/10
- Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/10
- Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/10
- Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally, Stefan Monnier, 2021/02/10
- Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally, Matt Armstrong, 2021/02/10
- Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/10
- Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally, Stefan Kangas, 2021/02/11
- Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally, Stefan Kangas, 2021/02/11
- Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/11