[Erc-discuss] erc-hide-list as buffer local variable?

[Giorgos Keramidas]

Hi all,

I've been using the following in my ERC setup for a while:

    (make-variable-buffer-local 'erc-hide-list)

This was quite useful to hide join/part traffic from my &bitlbee control
channel, but keep seeing it in other channels, by also adding:

    (add-hook 'erc-join-hook 'bitlbee-hide-join-part-messages)
    (defun bitlbee-hide-join-part-messages ()
      "Hide JOIN and PART messages if we just joined the &bitlbee
    control channel."
       (when (and (string= "localhost" erc-session-server)
                  (string= "&bitlbee" (buffer-name)))
         (mapcar '(lambda (message-type)
                    (add-to-list 'erc-hide-list message-type))
                 (list "join" "part"))))

A couple of questions I have are:

  * Do you think making `erc-hide-list' a buffer-local variable makes
    sense?

  * Does making it buffer-local have any unwanted side-effects that I
    have missed?