GNU bug report logs - #3371
23.0.94; doc of `comment-style'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 02:20:03 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #30 received at 3371 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 3371 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: Re: bug#3371: 23.0.94; doc of `comment-style'
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 13:06:51 -0400

>>> We probably could add two autoload cookies to newcomment.el (I don't
>>> recall why I wanted the one for `comment-empty-lines' once).
>> I'd much rather remove the one on comment-style.
> This is an option so `comment-styles' will show up anyway when people
> customize `comment-style'.  Nothing won't stop people from using a
> comment style you dislike personally.  The more you hide things like
> `comment-styles' the more they become some sort of a forbidden fruit.

I don't want to hide comment-styles.
I just don't like autoloading variables.

Of course, in this particular case, my favorite choice has always been
to preload newcomment.el.


        Stefan
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