João Távora <joaotavora@gmail.com> writes:

>> >> 3. Eglot uses the eglot--apply-text-edits defun to apply server
>> >>    initiated edits.  There is an extension that allows the server to
>> >>    send the edits in a different format (snippet-text-edits).
>> >>
>> >>    Eglot-x puts an advise on eglot--apply-text-edits to check the format
>> >>    of the edits and act accordingly.
>> >>
>> >>    I don't know how to avoid this advice.
>> >
>> > Some hook or function variable, perhaps?  If they don't exist, perhaps
>> > they could be added?

> But then, I wonder, since most of Eglot's API is already CLOS
> based, isn't a generic function best?  A generic function can
> have :around methods, and if we follow the convention of
> passing the server as the first argument, third parties
> can make server-specific extensions.

You're right, I think.  In the attached patch, I simply changed
eglot--apply-text-edits to a cl-defgeneric and renamed it.  The patch is
straightforward, but I had to eliminate a cl-return-from call, because
generic functions don't seem to support that.

Thanks.