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Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> I'd suggest that if we start fiddling with such code, we introduce a
> generic way to electrify backspace.  Otherwise people who want it
> need to enable it separately (and differently) for each and every
> major mode they use.

But in general the `electric' behaviour will be different between
modes, e.g. Python v. Lisp.  A minor mode for using
`backward-delete-char-untabify' seems reasonable from that POV.
However, it seems unnecessary in view of the established usage and
would mean changing yet more longstanding behaviour.