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

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: stefan@marxist.se,  larsi@gnus.org,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 09:46:14 -0500
> 
> >> The problem was not with the variable, it was with defining functions
> >> conditionally.
> > And why is that so bad?
> 
> Nothing terrible.  The question for me was rather "what's the benefit?".
> But among the disadvantages, the most obvious one is that you can't rely on
> (require 'generic-x) to define your function.

Yes, but the docs of the package explicitly documents this, so this is
intended behavior.  Like I said, the package is a bit unusual; but
being unusual doesn't mean it's bad.  It gets the job done.