philipp wrote:
[2022-02-05 22:19] Ken Hornstein <kenh@pobox.com>
My only concern with this patch is that it unilaterally overrides the
existing behavior, and one thing I've seen over the years is that there
are a LOT of users wedded to existing behavior. So I'd rather make it
selectable (I am neutral about it being default or not). I'd welcome
discussion on this issue.
I can understand that a changed behavior is a problem. But in this case
I would argue there is no other way. Every patch witch tries to fix this
will change the existing behavior, because the existing behavior is the
problem.
So I would prefer no option. But if you want one, I can add an option.
I would prefer the new behavior be the default. Also I would prefer a
build time option over a runtime option. I'm bad at naming, has someone
an idea for the name of such an option.
I haven't tried the patch, but I think any change to basic repl
behavior should a) be optional, b) be controlled by a runtime option.
And it should probably have a lot of testing by a lot of users before
being made the default.
I can't be alone in having customized scripts for doing replies which
already run mhshow in crafting the reply. Perhaps everything would
continue to just work, or perhaps not.
paul
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