Re: master 513c5d827d: Use `format-prompt' in

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Cc: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2022 11:22:39 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > Thanks, but is this supposed to be an improvement?  Before the change,
> > I knew what the text meant and what was the "all" part about; after
> > the change, I don't.  It's a net loss, since the code is now less
> > readable, and in fact without either running the code or looking at
> > what format-prompt does, one cannot understand what the prompt will
> > say in Real Life.
> 
> `format-prompt' isn't about making the code more readable, but allowing
> the users to customise how prompts look.  So I don't understand the
> objection -- it's a good change.

I explained why I think it's less than good.

There are two contradictory aspirations here that clash.  You seem to
be disregarding one of them.