From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5026: 23.1; add-hook buffer local vs single func Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:50:48 -0200 Message-ID: References: <87bpitlzpy.fsf@blah.blah> <87bpio4xg3.fsf@blah.blah> <87eimg3uep.fsf@blah.blah> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 5026@debbugs.gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1262178724 1645 80.91.229.12 (30 Dec 2009 13:12:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:12:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 5026@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Kevin Ryde Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 30 14:11:56 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NPyLD-0001wL-Tl for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:11:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60843 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NPyLE-0005YZ-5V for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:11:56 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NPyHp-00034Z-0q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:08:25 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NPyHf-00030W-DO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:08:24 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58326 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NPyHf-00030R-9K for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:08:15 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.43] (port=55200 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NPyHe-0003iU-W3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:08:15 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NPyCc-0002e2-Fy; Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:03:02 -0500 X-Loop: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Mail-Followup-To: Stefan Monnier , 5026@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:03:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 5026 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 5026-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B5026.126217815510156 (code B ref 5026); Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:03:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 5026) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Dec 2009 13:02:35 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NPyCA-0002di-JE for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:02:34 -0500 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NPyC7-0002dC-Od for 5026@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:02:32 -0500 Original-Received: from vpn-132-204-232-59.acd.umontreal.ca (vpn-132-204-232-59.acd.umontreal.ca [132.204.232.59]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id nBUD2MRS027685; Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:02:23 -0500 Original-Received: by vpn-132-204-232-59.acd.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 501) id D2E913D9FB1; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:50:48 -0200 (ARST) In-Reply-To: <87eimg3uep.fsf@blah.blah> (Kevin Ryde's message of "Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:48:46 +1100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (darwin) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0.5 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 2 Rules triggered DATE_IN_PAST_12_24=0.5, RV3437=0 X-NAI-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) Resent-Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:03:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:33802 Archived-At: > (A little care of course always being better than sending thousands of > people for a ride on the rolling-incompatibility treadmill!) For the long term maintainability of the code, adding more quirks into the code for the sake of a few users who can fix their problems easily is not such a hot idea either. The key here is "fix ... easily", which can be done by adding code that detects the problem and warns the user about it. Stefan