Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 934a72c: User can specify files never subject t

[Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org>]

Hi,
yes, I actually thought you reverted the patch long ago.
Thanks

On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 7:59 PM, João Távora <joaotavora@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Sam,
>
> I was going through Flymake in master to perform some refactorings when
> I came across this change:
>
>    commit 934a72c7e4a506a36697fdb98f837cea989e70e1
>    Author: Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org>
>    Date:   Wed Nov 1 09:36:41 2017 -0400
>
>        User can specify files never subject to flymake.
>
> There was some discussion around it
>
>    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-11/msg00054.html
>
> but I believe we later agreed (though off-list for some reason) that
> using a file or dir-local value of nil for
> `flymake-diagnostic-functions' is a much better alternative in Emacs
> 26.1 onwards. In the case of your "mini-scratch" Python files, just add:
>
> # Local Variables:
> # flymake-diagnostic-functions: nil
> # End:
>
> So, do you mind if I revert the patch?  I'm asking because new
> user-visible complexity in a file I'm trying to refactor is
> counterproductive to that task.
>
> João
>
>



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