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elisp: highlighting of unexpected indentation should use separate face from highlight of error functions

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Message #35 received at 25030 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com>, 25030 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25030: 25.1;
 Unexpected indentation and syntax-highlighting in `emacs-lisp-mode'
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 22:14:07 -0400

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

>> I disagree. The interpreter and byte compiler do not care about the
>> indentation style that you choose for your code: the syntax and
>> semantics are unaffected.
>> 
>> Style choices should not produce warnings. An indication that code layout
>> is following an unusual style may be useful, but it should be optional, and
>> it should not use the warning face (it should have a separate face that can
>> be customised independently of the warning face).
>
> What Andy said.  This has nothing to do with byte-compiling
> (or interpreting, for that matter).

I don't understand why you guys are all of a sudden talking about
byte-compiling.

> It should be easy for users to give the face(s) used for
> stylistic highlighting different appearance(s) from standard
> Emacs faces that have other meanings.

Anyway, if this just about reorganizing the faces used, I have no
objections.

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