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From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: christopher@librehacker.com, eliz@gnu.org, 74261@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#74261: 30.0.92; Remove modeline warning for explicit uses of dynamic binding
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 00:13:43 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1tAMkB-00009X-AE@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DS7PR10MB52322C9EFB8C79B1C740C2CFF35D2@DS7PR10MB5232.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org)

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  > The indication in the mode line should be
  > (1) optional and (2) unobtrusive.

  > #2: it should just matter-of-factly tell you
  > what mode the current buffer is in.

I contend it should be "intrusive" enough to serve as an effective
reminder.

Once dynamic binding becomes unusual, programmers will tend to
assume without conscious doubt that every file uses lexical binding.

So I think that the indicator that this file uses dynamic binding
ought to be somewhat loud, so that users won't overlook it.

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  reply	other threads:[~2024-11-11  5:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-11-08 15:33 bug#74261: 30.0.92; Remove modeline warning for explicit uses of dynamic binding Christopher Howard
2024-11-08 18:05 ` Drew Adams via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-11-11  5:13   ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2024-11-11 12:26     ` Eli Zaretskii

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