Re: GnuTLS per-connection variables

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Mon, 05 Dec 2016 16:09:31 +0100 Michael Albinus <address@hidden> wrote: 

MA> Michael Albinus <address@hidden> writes:

>> Over the weekend, I've played a little bit with this. As a result there
>> are two new functions (see attached patch), which could give some support.

MA> I'm undecided how to continue. Would this approach help you? Shall I
MA> continue to work this direction?

I started playing with it. I think it's a good direction. I also think
the general idea of a "customizable hierarchy of contexts to set
variable values" keeps getting reinvented in many parts of Emacs, so I
was looking at the Gnus topic/group customization code as well.

I think the right approach is to focus on the data side and leave
user-side Customize support for later. The Customize UI is just not
right to support all the use cases in a way that won't hopelessly
confuse the user. So we may have to implement special UI to make the
hierarchy visible and understandable, but considering the Emacs user
base I think that will not be a strong requirement.

>From my side, in gnutls.el, I will start using the code and probably
extend it here and there. So I think your patch is a good start for us.

Thanks
Ted