From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Ergus <spacibba@aol.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Syntax sugar question
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2021 08:59:33 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvr1jhgex3.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210411030711.cpbbesqkuipt3lzc@Ergus> (Ergus's message of "Sun, 11 Apr 2021 05:07:11 +0200")
> Why the minor modes variables are only t or nil?
Because that's how they've been defined. There's nothing magical about
minor modes, so you can definitely define something that looks and acts
very much like a minor mode but doesn't limit itself to boolean values.
Whether the `define-minor-mode` macro should offer a way to do that is
hence a UI design question. I can see the benefit of what you propose,
but I also see the benefit of sticking to this simple model.
[ I don't understand the choice of "Subject:" here, I must say.
What do minor modes have to do with syntactic sugar? ]
Stefan
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[not found] <20210411030711.cpbbesqkuipt3lzc.ref@Ergus>
2021-04-11 3:07 ` Syntax sugar question Ergus
2021-04-11 12:59 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2021-04-11 19:42 ` Nikolay Kudryavtsev
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