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Re: add argument to a derived-mode
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: add argument to a derived-mode |
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Sun, 15 Jan 2017 17:33:10 -0500 |
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> Is it a requirement that major modes not take an argument?
Technically, not quite (it may be called with no arguments, so any
argument it can accept should be optional).
> However, if it's considered bad form to pass arguments to them,
> I'll make the change, which would allow using define-derived-mode.
Yes, it's considered bad form and likely to lead to problems sooner
or later.
Stefan