Re: Smarter M-x that filters on major-mode

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2021 10:11:47 -0600
> Cc: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob@tcd.ie>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> - This feature is extremely useful, I think a big improvement in user
>   experience and one of the things to be excited about for Emacs 28.
> 
> - This is a clean and natural expansion of `interactive'.
> 
> - I'm not sure what it means to turn things upside down.  I assume you
>   mean that a horrible mess has been made?  If so, I must disagree with
>   that, too.

I think the important question is: can we have this feature in a way
that has fewer downsides?  Backward incompatibility of byte code is
definitely a downside; if it can be avoided, that would be a net win,
I think.