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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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Fri, 12 Feb 2021 17:07:01 +0200 |
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: stefan@marxist.se, larsi@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 09:46:14 -0500
>
> >> The problem was not with the variable, it was with defining functions
> >> conditionally.
> > And why is that so bad?
>
> Nothing terrible. The question for me was rather "what's the benefit?".
> But among the disadvantages, the most obvious one is that you can't rely on
> (require 'generic-x) to define your function.
Yes, but the docs of the package explicitly documents this, so this is
intended behavior. Like I said, the package is a bit unusual; but
being unusual doesn't mean it's bad. It gets the job done.
- Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally, (continued)
- Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally, Stefan Monnier, 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
- 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
- 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, 2021/02/12
- Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally, Stefan Monnier, 2021/02/12
- Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/12
- Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally, Stefan Monnier, 2021/02/12
- 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 Monnier, 2021/02/12
- Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/12
- Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally, Stefan Monnier, 2021/02/12
- 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, Matt Armstrong, 2021/02/10
Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally, Stefan Monnier, 2021/02/09