Re: cl-defgeneric vs random funcall in project.el

[Stefan Monnier]

> The alternative (which is more feasible now) is to use the context
> specializer, like:
>
> (cl-defmethod project-search-path (_project &context (major-mode (eql
> emacs-lisp-mode))))

FWIW, this sucks because this method won't be used in modes derived from
emacs-lisp-mode.

> It's also undocumented yet, and the method dispatch priority between it and
> method implementation dispatching on the first argument is also unclear now.

The priority of &context is lower than the first argument.
The priority between different &context can't be relied upon.

> And it'll need a separate declaration for each deriving mode (such as
> lisp-interaction-mode).

Exactly.


        Stefan