From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Condider adding buffer-mode Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:46:29 -0400 Message-ID: References: <859D68184C604AE8AC385A3C5255FDAA@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1382651217 1302 80.91.229.3 (24 Oct 2013 21:46:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 21:46:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Bozhidar Batsov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 24 23:46:58 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VZSk1-0007TT-R6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Oct 2013 23:46:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56389 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VZSk1-0004kF-Cf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:46:53 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40848) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VZSjs-0004jo-48 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:46:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VZSjj-0006Ar-Tn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:46:44 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:17980) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VZSjj-0006Ad-Pg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:46:35 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av8EABK/CFFFxIYv/2dsb2JhbABEhke4Rxdzgh4BAQQBIzMjBQsLGgIYDgICFBgNJIgeBq5fkk6BI45UgRMDpHqBXoMT X-IPAS-Result: Av8EABK/CFFFxIYv/2dsb2JhbABEhke4Rxdzgh4BAQQBIzMjBQsLGgIYDgICFBgNJIgeBq5fkk6BI45UgRMDpHqBXoMT X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="36290785" Original-Received: from 69-196-134-47.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([69.196.134.47]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 24 Oct 2013 17:46:32 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id ADDB0660A2; Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:46:29 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <859D68184C604AE8AC385A3C5255FDAA@gmail.com> (Bozhidar Batsov's message of "Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:22:11 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.154.182 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:164520 Archived-At: > I=E2=80=99ve seen the following code used hundreds of times:=20=20 > (buffer-local-value 'major-mode buffer) > or > (with-current-buffer buffer =E2=80=98major-mode) Where? > Why don=E2=80=99t we add the following function to Emacs and simplify a b= it > the lives of Elisp hackers: > (defun buffer-mode (buffer) "Return the major mode associated with BUFFER= ." > (buffer-local-value =E2=80=98major-mode buffer))=20=20 Most uses of `major-mode' are better replaced with derived-mode-p, so I don't think we just want to provide `buffer-mode'. Stefan