Re: Contradictiory directions

[Óscar Fuentes]

Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> writes:

> Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es> writes:
>
>> Propietary modules can define any symbol, so the
>> "this_module_is_fine_with_gnus" or whatever trick is used on Emacs and
>> gcc modules is even less of a solution. I can foresee a propietary
>> module playing that trick, but changing the name of the module and
>> creating a name collision with some of the most popular modules out
>> there is a bit too risky even for the most adventurous propietary
>> vendor.
>
> Then as RMS said, we should remove the feature wholesale, until a
> solution is found.

My point is that if the symbol trick is considered an acceptable
solution, name-based blocking should be acceptable too because it is
much more effective in practice.