Re: Face for literal numbers.

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2019 13:57:26 -0400
> Cc: Ergus <address@hidden>, Paul Eggert <address@hidden>,
>  address@hidden
> 
> Hi Alan,
> 
> > I'm against such a feature.  "Because vim has it" doesn't seem like a
> > sufficient justification.
> 
> I don't personally like this feature either, but I don't see that as
> a reason not to accept a package into GNU ELPA which provides it.

And I actually don't understand why not define a font-lock face for
numbers, and leave it to major modes whether to support it always, as
an option, or not at all.

We don't have to "like" a feature to admit it, if some users might
want it.  E.g., I don't "like" line numbers at all, but it didn't
prevent me from agreeing to have them, nor from taking time to
implement them.