Re: [elpa] externals/setup 31dfc0f24e 2/5: Expand on how setting a "feature" sets hooks and maps.

[Philip Kaludercic]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> Hi Philip,
>
>> +- Declares a current mode by appending \"-mode\" to
>> +  FEATURE, unless it already ends with \"-mode\"
>
> BTW, this also means that the current mode *has* to end in `-mode`.
>
> In many/most cases it's better to ask the user to write the `-mode`.
> Those 5 extra letters may seem like clutter, but they simplify the
> "model", so I think it's to the benefit of the end user.

I had been thinking about this recently, and I do think that I made a
mistake in adding too many of these "dwim" features.  This commit just
documents the behaviour, it doesn't add anything.

To solve the issue I would have to deprecate the current macro set and
provide a new one that could be used instead, written with the benefit
of hindsight.

> Otherwise you end up with possible confusions like "does `perl` refer
> to the name of the language or to the name of the mode?" whose answer
> influences how you specify the setup of `cperl-mode` for example.
>
>
>         Stefan

-- 
        Philip Kaludercic