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30.0.50; Add non-TS mode as extra parent of TS modes

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 68246 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, casouri <at> gmail.com, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: bug#68246: 30.0.50; Add non-TS mode as extra parent of TS modes
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2024 10:12:54 +0200

> From: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2024 00:16:02 +0000
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, casouri <at> gmail.com, 68246 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> On Fri, Jan 5, 2024 at 11:51 PM Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> > That's why in my patch I add `python-mode` as an extra parent of
> > `python-ts-mode` even though they both share `python-base-mode` as
> > their parent.
> 
> Right, that's what sounds hacky to me.  They're siblings, but now
> one also is the parent of the other.

Not "parents", "extra parents".  The documentation explains the
purpose of this.

> And I don't see how "foo-base-mode" is much worse, modulo slightly
> more akward naming and backward compatibility problems that you would
> have anyway.

It requires more changes everywhere, for starters.

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