bug#36886: 26.2; (global-eldoc-mode -1) should disable eldoc completely

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On Sun, 04 Aug 2019 10:51:08 +0300
Basil L. Contovounesios wrote:

>> +  (if global-eldoc-mode
>> +      (add-hook 'eval-expression-minibuffer-setup-hook #'eldoc-mode)
>> +    (remove-hook 'eval-expression-minibuffer-setup-hook #'eldoc-mode)))
>
> This looks fine to me (the only alternative I can think of is creating a
> new major mode specifically for read--expression) [...]

...which actually sounds like it could be a real improvement in other
respects, too: many users seem to be trying to make M-: more convenient
(better completion, possibly syntax highlighting, paredit etc.); this
looks like a good way to make that easier or even unnecessary by default
(deriving from emacs-lisp-mode).

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