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

[Stefan Monnier]

> I suppose. Originally, I discarded this kind of idea as too hacky, but
> indeed, there's value in limiting ourselves to .dir-locals.el here.
> To continue this line of thought, would you say the variables should have
> global meaning (meaning all project backends should honor them), or should
> they be only used in the VC project backend?

Why choose: add a project method to get the variables (and make it use
hack-dir-local-variables by default).


        Stefan