From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: allout patch - more safe-local-variables, plus autoloads Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:09:22 +0200 Message-ID: <85mzefoti5.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <2cd46e7f0604171211s5ef0e820gebc4e68b2ce2606d@mail.gmail.com> <8764l7m40w.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <87r73uji3b.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <87u08oqhq3.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <2cd46e7f0604210802t28837d4r7aef3d3231a26ea3@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1145632254 2500 80.91.229.2 (21 Apr 2006 15:10:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:10:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Stefan Monnier , rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 21 17:10:49 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FWxHF-0002Qx-RY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:10:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FWxHF-0004RH-BD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:10:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FWxGO-00043b-Sn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:09:40 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FWxGN-00042f-IF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:09:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FWxGN-00042R-8T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:09:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FWxHx-00077M-5v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:11:17 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1FWxGF-000433-Sb; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:09:32 -0400 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id D9B3F1C01F8A; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:09:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: "Ken Manheimer" In-Reply-To: <2cd46e7f0604210802t28837d4r7aef3d3231a26ea3@mail.gmail.com> (Ken Manheimer's message of "Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:02:51 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:53194 Archived-At: "Ken Manheimer" writes: > in many cases, the qualifying criteria is already present, in the form > of the custom-type information: > > seems to me we're heading down the road of duplicating the mechanisms > of the custom type system, and that we should be using it. i strongly > suspect that the custom types of customizable variables are > appropriate as safety criteria in many cases, as well. we wouldn't > want to assume that, but i suspect it would be very useful to make it > easy for authors to use the custom-type criteria for this purpose. I don't see that. If a variable can be dangerous, I think it very unlikely that all uses conforming to its customization type would be harmless. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum