Re: New package: resist!

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> I’m thinking the “package” as an extension to Elisp language itself,
> so I didn’t have package prefix in mind. Thus the name like `compact-kv-store`.

IMO, *very* few things deserve to be in the "global" namespace beside
`setq`, `lambda`, ...

> Maybe the file should be named `persistence.el`?

I don't have an opinion on the name, as long as you pick one and use it
for both the filename and all the definitions therein ;-)

>> Why not start them lazily when the data is changed (e.g. within
>> `kv--ensure-transaction`)?
> Sure, that will work, thanks.

If you do that, then you can even use a timer that's not repeated, and
instead just make sure subsequent changes will re-start the timer.


        Stefan