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

>> In either case, this probably involves the non-backward compatible
>> change of adding a new arg to compose-mail and the subsequent
>> composition functions.
>
> It can be passed via dynamic-scoping.

That would be inconsistent, since the other compose-mail options are all
passed in via function args.