Re: comint.el: EMACS environment variable

[Stefan Monnier]

>     Well, it's simple enough for Emacs to generate, but if it's a constant
>     strings, it's easier for the other process to recognize it.
> It is easy to recognize "(comint".
> Please don't exaggerate these minor problems.

I'm not saying it's hard.   Just that it is easier for people to adapt to
the new scheme if we only change the name of the variable but not its value
and if we keep the value constant where it was constant (in some languages
(e.g. in a /.bashrc file), changing an exact string match to
a substring/prefix match may require more than just changing `equal' to
`string-match').

I personally don't see *any* benefit to including the revision
information there.  So even if the inconvenience is small, it's still an
inconvenience and I don't see any justification for it.


        Stefan