Re: Should EDE use project.el [PATCH]

[Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>]

On 16.05.2022 18:00, Ergus wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> I just attached an extremely simple (intested) attempt to make cedet use
> Project.el.. Maybe Dmitry or someone with more experience may complete
> this and extend it when possible?

Looks okay to me.

To give more detailed feedback, one might need more knowledge of CEDET, 
I think

Do you use it? CEDET, I mean. If yes, this can be a beneficial direction 
to go in. My observations say it's only falling out of favor, though.

> 
> Best,
> Ergus
> 
> On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 01:46:43PM +0200, Ergus wrote:
>> Hi:
>>
>> Recently working in the gtags-mode package I thought to add a backend
>> for ede/cedet... but I have found that most of the ede features overlap
>> or coincide with ones in project.el.
>>
>> So my question is: Isn't it easier to add a backend in locate.el to make
>> ede use project as one ede-locate-setup-options?
>>
>> I am not sure about how useful is ede or cedet these days as they seem
>> to be a bit unmaintained, but IMHO, if we don't want to remove them (for
>> some reason) but still keep project.el as the preferred way to go, then
>> maybe cedet should use the project.el functions by default.
>>
>> The basic implementation seems to need only:
>>
>> initialize-instance
>> ede-locate-ok-in-project
>> ede-locate-file-in-project-impl
>> ede-locate-create/update-root-database
>>
>> Implementing all these may be extremely simple but not sure if it worth
>> the effort.
>>
>> What do you suggest?
>>
>> Best,
>> Ergus
>>