Re: An anonymous IRC user's opinion

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 04:36:55 +0300
> Cc: johan.myreen@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry@gutov.dev>
> 
> On 14/10/2024 17:16, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >> The ad-hoc behaviors the creates and offers the users, or the bugs like
> >> 'C-h f' altering auto-mode-alist, or 'M-x js-ts-mode' (for example)
> >> doing the same because it loads cc-mode.
> > We have such issues all over the place in Emacs: "C-h" commands that
> > load packages modify the global state.  There's nothing new here, nor
> > anything outlandish.
> 
> It might not be a huge deal, but packages being loaded at various times, 
> sometimes unexpected, is why we try to avoid doing too many things 
> during that time.

I agree that we should try to avoid that if possible, but you
originally made a stronger argument, or so I interpreted it.