RE: python-mode broken - zip and git issues

[Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>]

> Would there be anything wrong about a function like this:
> (defun tj-check-mode (prefix)
>   "Test the major mode to see if the symbol begins with prefix.
>   The test is case insensitive."
>   (interactive)
>   (string-prefix-p prefix (symbol-name major-mode) 1))
> ;; return t for major-mode 'python or 'python-mode

No, nothing wrong with that.

But:

* Function names ending in `-mode' suggest mode functions.
  The convention for predicates is to use suffix `p' or
  `-p'.  See (elisp) `Coding Conventions'.

* You probably want the doc string to say that it returns
  non-nil if...  Just saying that something tests something
  doesn't tell you how to understand the test result. ;-)

* If you just want to check for those two modes then it
  is more correct to check membership:
    (memq major-mode '(python python-mode))
  That rules out returning non-nil for, say, `pythonesque'.