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[PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion

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Message #31 received at 66706 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>,
 66706 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#66706: [PATCH] Automatic elisp dialect insertion
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 13:22:03 -0700

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

> That makes the patch completely useless.  There's already an opt-in
> solution (via `auto-insert`), so I'd oppose this patch if it's OFF by
> default since it's just added complexity.

Indeed.  I also can't see any downsides to making it non-optional.

I think we should mainly ask ourselves if this feature will help users.
In my opinion, the answer is clearly yes, in almost all cases.  For the
rest, a very small minority indeed, the patch provides a user option.

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