bug#12288: 24.2.50; compilation-start: Query for killing existing compilation process only if query-on-exit-flag is non-nil

[Christopher Schmidt]

Martin Blais <blais@furius.ca> writes:
> On Sat, Sep 1, 2012, at 11:29, Christopher Schmidt wrote:
>> Those processes that have a nil query-on-exit-flag should be killed
>> by compilation-start without a yes-or-no query.  A buffer-local
>> non-nil value for compilation-always-kill allows me to achieve that.
>>
>> I still think a check for query-on-exit-flag in compilation-start is
>> a good idea.  Non-nil query-on-exit-flag and non-nil buffer-local
>> compilation-always-kill feels redundant, doesn't it?
>
> Maybe what we should do is this (just an idea, not sure if it'll make
> sense to you):
>
> 1. Make the compile code check the process-query-on-exit-flag instead
> of the compilation-always-kill variable. This would simplify matters,
> in that there's a single flag that decides whether to kill the running
> process, and it's the same flag that's already being used for when you
> kill a buffer. One thing.
>
> 2. Provide a way to set the default value of
> process-query-on-exit-flag on compile subprocesses easier than the
> hook/comment. Suppressing the ask on recompile is a very common desire
> BTW--some people have packages to do just that--and IMO being able to
> customize this via a dedicated variable is valuable.
>
> What do you think?

This is IMO a lot more intuitive than having a variable that
unconditionally removes the prompt.  I'd go for it.

        Christopher