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cperl-write-tags function in cperl-mode.el hard coded tags-file-name

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Dove Young <dove.young <at> gmail.com>, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 8802 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Subject: bug#8802: cperl-write-tags function in cperl-mode.el hard coded tags-file-name
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2020 21:19:40 -0800

tags 8802 + fixed
close 8802 28.1
thanks

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

>>> So would I suggest to re-factory cperl-mode.el and change "TAGS" to a
>>> variable? Like following:
>>> (defvar cperl-tags-file-name "TAGS" "TAGS file name"
>
>> That sounds like a reasonable request to me, but Emacs is in a feature
>> freeze at the moment, and I'm not sure adding stuff like this is
>> "allowed" during the freeze.
>
> I'd rather that such a change be installed in Ilya's upstream
> version first.  We already have plenty of merge problems because of
> patches he rejected.

So given that the above merge problems are no longer a concern, I've
now added such a variable on master.

I'm therefore also closing this bug report.

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