Re: master 0161c9d 1/2: Load all generic-x.el modes unconditionally

[Matt Armstrong]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
>> Cc: stefan@marxist.se,  larsi@gnus.org,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
>> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 11:50:30 -0500
>> 
>> >> I don't know what they need to be told.
>> >> Can you clarify what broke or risks breaking because of the change?
>> > I thought it was clear: suddenly those users will have a gazillion
>> > modes defined they never intended to use or load or even know about.
>> 
>> I don't see the harm in that.  When you start Emacs you have a gazillion
>> modes predefined most of which you never intended to use.
>
> No, I don't.  Not a gazillion.

I actually counted them. In an emacs -Q, auto-mode-alist has 100
distinct modes, and generic-mode-x.el provides 35 modes (but not all are
"activated" on all platforms).