Re: Different options for different modes?

[rusi]

Stefan Monnier wrote:
> The general approach is to use something like
>
>    (add-hook 'MAJOR-MODE-hook
>              (lambda ()
>                (set (make-local-variable 'VAR) VAL)))

I wonder when this is used and when this:

(eval-after-load 'MAJOR_MODE (setq VAR VAL))