From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: cperl-mode instead of perl-mode? Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 13:32:47 -0400 Message-ID: References: <86d5fn0xue.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <86k69uv4ld.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <87bqv5xv8w.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <87hd4vvrcn.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1145122529 12603 80.91.229.2 (15 Apr 2006 17:35:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:35:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, merlyn@stonehenge.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 15 19:35:27 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 1FUog5-0008Qi-Q9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Apr 2006 19:35:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FUog4-0005OH-SU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Apr 2006 13:35:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FUodd-00032k-Mv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Apr 2006 13:32:49 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FUodd-00031y-4L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Apr 2006 13:32:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FUodc-00031d-Vw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Apr 2006 13:32:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FUodr-00046e-VY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Apr 2006 13:33:04 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1FUodb-0001tH-Rj; Sat, 15 Apr 2006 13:32:47 -0400 Original-To: Stefan Monnier In-reply-to: <87hd4vvrcn.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (message from Stefan Monnier on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:35:05 -0400) 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:52899 Archived-At: As the "maintainer" of both perl-mode and (until a few days ago) cperl-mode, I'll vote to keep perl-mode as the default, because cperl-mode's code is ugly. I don't think that's the way to make the decision. I think it's a matter of how well each mode works. If CPerl mode works better, and if it has no painful surprises, then let's make it the default.