Re: Changes to hi-lock before release.

[Chong Yidong]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     > Also, it seems absurd for an explicit call to hi-lock-find-patterns to
>     > check this variable.  If the user explicitly gives the command, it
>     > should be obeyed.  I think that hi-lock-file-patterns-policy should be
>     > tested only when hi-lock-find-patterns is called in other ways (such
>     > as by find-file).
>
>     What you suggested is indeed the behavior of hi-lock-find-patterns.
>
> I don't see it.  hi-lock-find-patterns takes no arguments
> and it never bypasses checking hi-lock-file-patterns-policy.
> How does it distinguish explicit M-x calls from calls that come from hooks?

      (when (and all-patterns
                 hi-lock-mode
                 (cond
                  ((eq this-command 'hi-lock-find-patterns) t)
                  ...