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From: Miles Bader <miles@lsi.nec.co.jp>
Cc: "Kai Großjohann" <kai.grossjohann@gmx.net>,
	"Richard Stallman" <rms@gnu.org>,
	emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: define-derived-mode again (was: Emacs design question)
Date: 22 Jul 2003 14:06:26 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <buor84j1771.fsf@mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200307211451.h6LEpJJH022123@rum.cs.yale.edu>

"Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/emacs@cs.yale.edu> writes:
> Many systems that offer inheritence take the view that there is
> a single "root" and that you necessarily inherit from somewhere.
> That's the reason why it doesn't bother me to say that every major
> mode is derived from another.

How about:

  (defalias 'define-major-mode 'define-derived-mode)

After all, major modes are major modes, whether derived or not; really
I'd think this name would be a bit clearer than the current one, and
it's natural enough to use `nil' for PARENT for non-derived modes.

-Miles
-- 
80% of success is just showing up.  --Woody Allen

  reply	other threads:[~2003-07-22  5:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <E19c0Fd-0004sD-DC@fencepost.gnu.org>
     [not found] ` <200307141341.h6EDfxEd006523@rum.cs.yale.edu>
2003-07-16 10:31   ` run-mode-hooks Richard Stallman
2003-07-16 12:08     ` Emacs design question (was: run-mode-hooks) Kai Großjohann
2003-07-20 23:07       ` Richard Stallman
2003-07-21 14:51         ` define-derived-mode again (was: Emacs design question) Stefan Monnier
2003-07-22  5:06           ` Miles Bader [this message]
2003-07-23  7:13             ` Richard Stallman
2003-07-23  7:36               ` Miles Bader
2003-07-23 13:27                 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-07-24  2:31                   ` Miles Bader
2003-07-25  8:00                     ` Richard Stallman
2003-07-24 19:59                   ` Richard Stallman
2003-07-24 19:58                 ` Richard Stallman
2003-07-22 15:12           ` Richard Stallman

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