Re: Unifying "foo-mode"s and "foo-ts-mode"s

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,  emacs-devel@gnu.org,  Yuan Fu
>  <casouri@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 15:02:37 +0000
> 
> Yes, I do understand this point, yet my impression has been that this
> was not always necessary.  The relative complexity of cc-mode might
> necessitate a separate mode, but I don't see why that should be the rule
> instead of an exception?

CC Mode means C, C++, and Java already.  If these 3 are separate
modes, how to make your proposal work for them and for the others as
well, in a way that is (1) convenient and easily understood by users,
and (2) simple and safe enough to implement so that we don't
inadvertently screw existing modes?