I'm neither for or against this change. But if this change is done in eldoc.el, then shouldn't the add-function to add-hook change be done in all the major modes too? Like in elisp-mode.el, etc.
On 2016-07-06 23:30 -0400, Mark Oteiza wrote:
> Applied with some wording changes as 5811404
I don't think we have reached any consensus. There are legitimate
concerns that this introduces incompatibility. Please give better
explanation why reverting a decision made by ex-maintainer.
Cheers,
Leo
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Kaushal Modi