Re: [O] [RFC] Org Minor Mode?

[Thorsten Jolitz]

Bastien <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Thorsten,
>
> Nicolas Goaziou <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Thorsten Jolitz <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> What do you think - is there any chance that Org-mode switches from
>>> static hardcoded regexp strings (all over the place) to dynamic
>>> regexps calculated at runtime (using libraries like drx.el or rx.el)?
>>
>> I hope not. The syntax should stabilize, not drift away.
>
> Agreed.  Maybe there are some hardcoded regexps that we can factor
> out, but dynamically building those fundamental regexp is a deadend.

In the case of regexps its of course not considered bad practice to
write "^foo$" many times in a program, so nobody is to blame here, but
the issue is the same as writing (message "What a wonderful world") many
times in a program and then entering a depressed state.

Would have been better to write (message "What a %s world"
current-world-view) ...

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cheers,
Thorsten