Re: define-derived-mode again (was: Emacs design question)

[Stefan Monnier]

> >       (defalias 'define-major-mode 'define-derived-mode)
> > 
> > The two macros should not have the same calling convention.
> > define-major-mode should not have a parent argument.
> 
> Why?  It's certainly the case that some major-modes have `parent' modes,
> and some don't; really, the fact that they're major modes seems far more
> significant than that particular detail, so I'd think it would be _good_
> that they use the same macro, as long as:

As mentioned, in my view of the world, they all have a parent.
But this aside, we can also make the PARENT argument optional
(since it's always a symbol and the next arg (the mode's name) is
always a string).


        Stefan