Re: master 1870e2f48a7: Avoid `defconst` for vars which we modify

[Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>]

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

Hi Stefan,

>> I'm not sure, but I vaguely remember that this kind of quoting wasn't
>> needed anymore since Emacs 27.1. Am I wrong?
>
> We've fixed most places that get tripped up, yes, but
> `outline-minor-mode` still uses a simple regexp and thus gets confused.

Well, we're speaking 'bout Tramp Lisp files. I don't see how they will
be affected by `outline-minor-mode`. I really like to remove this \(
quoting from Tramp sources where possible. Is there a real blocker for this?

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
# grep '^\\(' lisp/net/tramp*.el
lisp/net/tramp.el:\(FUNCTION FILE).  FUNCTION is responsible to extract user names and host
lisp/net/tramp.el:\(replace \"xxx\" and \"yyy\" by the remote user and host name,
lisp/net/tramp.el:\(like \"ssh\"), because setting `tramp-chunksize' to non-nil decreases
lisp/net/tramp.el:\(fn (SECONDS TIMEOUT-FORMS...) BODY)"
lisp/net/tramp-sh.el:\(FORMAT ENCODING DECODING)
lisp/net/tramp-sh.el:\(FORMAT ENCODING DECODING [TEST])
lisp/net/tramp-sh.el:\(COMPRESS DECOMPRESS)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

> I wouldn't be surprised if there are others out there.

Sure. But we shall fix these cases when they appear.

>         Stefan

Best regards, Michael.